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FACILITYCalgary June18/19

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SHAKERS AND MOVERS

 

+ Anthony Marino to Exec. VP & COO @ Vermilion Energy Inc.
+ Fred Green, Pres & CEO @ Canadian Pacific Railway, resigned
+ Gerald Schut to VP European Operations @ Vermilion Energy Inc.
+ James Little to Chief Marketing Officer @ Shaw Communications Inc.
+ Rejean Goulet to Exec. VP & General Counsel @ SNC-Lavalin
+ Rene Thibault to CEO Western Operations @ Lafarge Canada
+ Ron Patterson to Pres. & CEO @ Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd.
+ Stephen Tobias to Interim CEO @ Canadian Pacific Railway
+ Terry Hergott to VP Marketing @ Vermilion Energy Inc. 

[send us your firm’s appointment notices to: kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events
+ May 23; Alberta Legislature convenes new Spring Session
+ June 5/2012; Calgary Leasing Conference info/register
+ June 12-14; Global Petroleum Show 2012, Stampede Park, Calgary info/register
+ June 18; IFMA OPEN – 19th Annual Golf Tournament; Lynx Ridge GC, Calgary info/register
+ June 18 - 20; Developing Unconventionals Canada conference, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary info/register
+ June 19; sustainabuild conference, Calgary TELUS Convention Centre info/register

 SAVE THE DATE / corporate meetings

 

+ May 22; Pembina Pipeline Corporation, Calgary
+ May 23; First Capital Realty Inc., Annual Shareholders Meeting, Toronto
+ May 23; Morguard Sunstone Real Estate Income Fund, Vancouver
+ May 24; GENIVAR, Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal
+ May 31; Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp, Annual & Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto
 
[send us your firm’s AGM notices to:  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

 INFRASTRUCTURE / P3 / GREEN


 

+ City of Calgary West LRT project is running over budget and Council is dealing with the project having not provided for public art to the tune of $8.6 million (the City has a policy that requires a portion of all infrastructure projects be spent on public art)
 
+ Diamond Schmitt Architects and DIALOG Ontario Inc. selected to lead planning, design and compliance for Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital redevelopment project – including a new 17 storey patient care tower and renovation of 150,000 sq. ft. of existing space
 
+ BOMA Toronto 2012 Award Winners

FACILITYCalgary - Calgary oil & gas, business and real estate NEWS, Mark Kolke (Editor) - President, MaxComm Realty Advisors - Calgary office leasing, Calgary industrial leasing, P3 Public Private Partnerships - MaxComm Communications Publisher

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 FRESH ITEMS TODAY 
 May 22 / 2012 

 

+ Barclays to sell its 19.6% stake in Blackrock for $6.1 billion
+ Canadian Pacific Railway – 4800 trades workers served strike notice
+ current energy prices -  live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data ; oil up on China calls for growth on heels of down-beat last week
+ G8 – leaders divided on strategy, austerity vis. stimulus, to deal with global crisis, Greek debt
+ gold flat while investors await Euro zone meeting outcome
+ NATO Summit – Declaration on Afghanistan ; troop withdrawal by 2014, no Canadian involvement beyond then
+ rail making inroads in oil transport – picking up slack while pipeline project approvals move slow
+ Wall Street rebounds, Facebook sank 11% ….


 NEWS REVIEW 
 May 16 - 21 

 

+ Aurora Jet Partners is new venture formed by Morningstar Partners, Opus Aviation and Ledcor Group to offer fractional jet ownership program
+ Bentall Kenney Prime Canadian Property Fund acquired Bentall V from Deka Immobilien GmbH in Vancouver
+ Calgary Parking Authority fired CEO Dale Fraser got $313,574 severance compensation
+ Calgary Stampede are seeking a hotel development partner to construct a hotel on the Stampede grounds; discussions are underway with an undisclosed hotel operator
+ Canadian Western Bank agreed to acquire National Leasing Group Inc. for $63.5 million
+ Enbridge Inc. announced it will proceed with $2.6 billion in eastern projects to move more western Canadian and Bakken crude to eastern refineries
+ Enbridge Inc. to invest $400 million to expand crude transmission capacity between North Dakota and its Chicago hub
+ Enbridge Inc. to invest $200 million to expand capacity on its Canadian mailine
+ ES Investments Ltd. acquired Mi Casa Rentals Inc. and Primera Bioscience Research Inc., combining to form new firm to be known as New Wave Energy Services Group Ltd.
+ Fairborne Energy Ltd. closed $80 million asset divestiture
+ Grant Thornton LLP acquired BCCA LLP
+ Husky Energy opened a new 105,000 sq. ft. office building in Lloydminster (Sask. side) to house 375 staff
+ Imperial Oil Limited to market its Dartmouth Refinery
+ Ivanhoe Cambridge invested $130 million in Rio de Janeiro shopping centre
+ Ivanhoe Cambrdige to invest US$300 million in/develop new 45 storey tower in downtown Chicago
+ PRISM Developments broke ground on a new project, 10 storey, 200,000 sq. ft. building  – 11th Avenue Place – in the Beltline
+ Ritchie Bros. Auctioneeers closed acquisition of AssetNation
+ The Conference Board of Canada released is Provincial Outlook – Spring 2012 sign-in required
+ Unity Builders Group/Greenboro Homes et al went into court ordered creditor protection; $180 million in debt
+ Western Financial Group acquired Hodges & Company Insurance Services Ltd.

 QUOTES

“Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.” – Benjamin Jowett

“Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.” – Norman Vincent Peale

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FINANCINGS - proposed & closed

 

+ Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. closed $25 million credit facility
+ ARTIS REIT closed $115,747,500 issue of new equity
+ Butte Energy Inc. is on the market to raise $7 million in new equity
+ Contact Exploration Inc. closed $3,574,455 warrants issue
+ Enerplus Corporation closed US$405 million senior unsecured debt issue
+ Genalta Power Inc. is on the market to raise $44.15 million debt and convertible debt
+ H&R REIT are on the market to issue bonds for its sub. Centre Street Trust, secured by The Bow building, for $200 million
+ Manulife Financial Corporation is on the market to raise $250 million in preferred share equity
+ Marquee Energy Ltd. increased its credit facility by $25million
+ Nordic Oil and Gas Ltd. closed $85,750 flow through equity financing
+ Poplar Creek Resources Inc. closed $500,000 equity financing
+ Ridgeline Energy Services Inc. is on the market to raise $10 million in new equity
+ TAG Oil Ltd. closed $46,345,750 common share issue
+ US Oil Sands Inc. is on the market to raise $11 million in new equity

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