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Interviews with interesting Calgarians, shakers and movers who shake and move ...
 
This week, my conversation with Mike Tims of Peters & Co.
 

 
Last week's conversation with Adam Pekarsky of Pekarsky Stein



SHAKERS AND MOVERS

 

+ Adam Maerov to Partner @ McMillanLLP
+ Alan Smith, CEO @ A.I.S. Resources Limited resigned, will stay on as CFO
+ Beau Zahrai to Partner @ McMillanLLP
+ Bill Buterman to Chair @ Real Estate Council of Alberta
+ Brian Porter to Pres. @ Scotiabank
+ Craig Harkness to Partner @ McMillanLLP
+ Diane Koenig, CFO @ Questor Technology Inc., resigned
+ Jacques Brand to CEO North American operations @ Deutsche Bank
+ John Conicella to Pres. @ British Pacific Properties Limited
+ Kevin Playfair to VP Operations @ PanTerra Resoure Corp.
+ Kevin Plowman to Partner @ McMillanLLP
+ Larry Berg, Pres. & CEO @ Vancouver Airport Authority, retired
+ Robert Courteau to CEO @ Altus Group
+ Richard Jones to Partner @ McMillanLLP
+ Rosemary Marr to CEO @ Totran Transportation Services Ltd.
+ Scott Sharples to Sr. Director, Real Estate Investments @ Sun Life Financial
+ Stephen Jarislowsky, CEO @ Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd, stepping down
+ Todd Hirtie to VP Finance & CFO @ Rock Energy Inc.
+ William Smith to CEO @ A.I.S. Resources Limited 

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




FINANCINGS - proposed & closed

 

+ Alter NRG Corp. closed $10 million equity financing
+ Athabasca Oil Corporation is on the market to raise $600 million in senior secured debt
+ Carfinco Financial Group Inc. secured $180 million credit facility
+ Crescent Point Energy Corp. is on the market to raise $750 million in new equity
+ Firm Capital Property Trust closed $9 million equity issue
+ Ivrnet Inc. closed $1 million convertible debt financing
+ Legacy Oil + Gas Inc. secured US$ 200 million debt financing
+ Magnum Energy Inc. is on the market to raise $1, 725,000 in new equity
+ McCoy Corporation closed $53 million credit facility
+ Middlefield  Can-Global REIT is on the market to raise $150 million in an IPO
+ Morguard REIT closed $150 million convertible debt issue
+ Mountainview Energy Ltd. arranged $75 million senior secured debt
+ Rift Basin Resources Corp. is on the market to raise $1 million
+ Tourmaline Oil Corp. closed $1,845,000 flow through share issue
+ Tourmaline Oil Corp. closed $36,900,000 flow through share issue
+ 3MV Energy Corp. is on the market to raise $1 million in convertible debt



 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

 

+ Nov. 6 & 7; BUILDEX Calgary, BMO Centre, Stampede Park, Calgary info/register -  FREE lunch, 35+ seminars – designing, building and managing real estate
+ Nov. 8; OPEC – launch of World Outlook and Annual Statistical Bulletin, Vienna
+ Nov. 26 & 27; 29th Annual CCPPP National Conference and Awards, Toronto info/register
+ Nov. 26-28; 23rd Annual AIPMAC Conference, Hyatt Regency, Calgary info/register
+ Nov. 28; SustainaBUILD Vancouver, Hyatt Regency, Vancouver info/register
+ Nov. 28-29; 11th Annual Oil Sands Symposium, Fairmont Palliser, Calgary info/register
+ Dec. 12; OPEC, 162nd Ordinary OPEC Meeting, Vienna info/register
+ Feb. 13 & 14; BUILDEX, Vancouver Convention Centre, info/register
+ Apr. 11, 2013 – Vancouver Real Estate Forum, Vancouver Convention Centre West, SAVE THE DATE

[send us your event notices to:  http://kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]




 KUDOS

+ congrats to Calgary author Will Ferguson who won the 2012 Giller Prize for his novel ‘419’

+ to Murray McCann and the McCann Family Foundation for funding the crosses project along Memorial Drive, honouring war veterans . . . check it out be Remembrance Day



 QUOTES

“Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.” - Sophocles

“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” – H.L. Hunt



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FRESH ITEMS TODAY 
 November 6 / 2012 


 

+ Arc Terminals LP and CN to build 75,000 barrel/day rail tank car unloading terminal in Mobile, Alabama to handle Western Canadian heavy crude and Bakken light crude
+ Bank of Canada will add $20 bill to its polymer note program – and suiting the Remembrance Day/week celebrations, it features the Canadian National Vimy Memorial on the back
+ current energy prices: live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data
+ MetLife agreed to sell its mortgage servicing business unit, a $70 billion portfolio, to JP Morgan
+ Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay resigns in midst of corruption scandal inquiry
+ U.S. election day . . . stay tuned!
+ U.S. post-election outlook from money management guru Bill Gross at PIMCO



 NEWS REVIEW 
 Oct. 31 - Nov. 5


 

+ after the cliff, what then? … beyond the global sovereign debt crisis, PIMCO paint a clear picture of the other financial crisis
+ ARTIS REIT acquired $94.1 million in Canadian industrial and retail properties
+ ARTIS REIT acquired US$96.6 million industrial and retail properties in the U.S.
+ bcIMC (British Columbia Investment Management Corp.) announced they will develop Discovery Place Distribution Centre in Winnipeg; Bentall Kennedy will managed the project
+ Canada has extended the time from for Investment Canada Act review of the CNOOC-Nexen deal extended to Dec. 10th
+ Capital Nobel Inc. acquiring Quebec properties, planning conversion to Nobel REIT
+ Crescent Point Energy agreed to acquire Ute Energy Upstream Holdings LLC for $861 million
+ Edleum Group Inc. opened a 24,000 sq. ft. ‘state of the art’ child care centre in McKenzie Towne
+ Enerplus Corporation agreed to sell $220 million in non-core Manitoba production assets
+ Equal Energy Ltd. closed its $62 million disposition of Lochend Cardium assets
+ Fluor Corporation awarded contract by Suncor Energy to do front-end project mgmt. and engineering of MacKay River Phase2 oil sands project
+ Gibson Energy Inc. closed its US$445 million acquisition of OMNI Energy Services Corp.
+ GT Canada Medical Properties REIT changed its name to NorthWest International Healthcare Properties REIT
+ G-20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors warned of concerns about debt in Europe and U.S. , loosen austerity targets to aid recovery
+ Madalena Ventures Inc. closed its takeover of Online Energy Inc.
+ Market Mall drive-thru; entry breached by SUV in middle of the night, jewelry store robbed, thieve on the run . . .
+ Morguard REIT acquired Penn West Plaza, $374.3 million from DEGI/Cominar REIT JV
+ national poll indicates Canadians have a very low understanding of energy issues
+ Ned Goodman’s 360 Vox Corp. made a deal to take over Sotheby’s International Realty Canada
+ new global investment banking rules for derivatives training may call on banks to collectively pony up $30 trillion …
+ Renegade Petroleum Ltd. agreed to acquired $405 million in Saskatchewan assets
+ RioCan REIT and Tanger Outlets JV agreed to acquire two outlet malls, $94.7 million
+ Suncor Energy announced it would push back the startup of the Fort Hills oilsands mine to 2017, slashing 2012 CapEx budget by $850 million
+ TAG Oil Ltd. issued expression of interest to acquire Greymouth Petroleum US$533 million
+ Talisman Energy reported a 25% capital budget in the heels of reporting $731 million 3rd quarter loss
+ Temple REIT closed its $37.15 million acquisition of the Saskatoon Inn & Conf. Centre
+ TransAlta Corporation announced it will decentralize operational decision making, reduce staff by 165 positions
+ TransCanada Corporation’s Mexican subsidiary was awarded a contract to build US$ 1 billion natural gas pipeline in Mexico AND another US$400 million contract for a connecting pipeline, also in Mexico
+ Twin Butte Energy Ltd. closed its $56.5 million acquisition of Waseca Energy Inc. from Sprott Resource Corp.
+ U.S. states of New Jersey and New York hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy – cleanup and repair costs of flooding and property damage estimated at $50 billion, 110 people killed by the storm, power not yet fully restored in some areas
+ WestJet’s new Encore division will be headquartered in Calgary



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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 INFRASTRUCTURE / P3 / GREEN


+ Alberta Auditor General’s report on the state of repair of Alberta’s 4,400 bridges was responded to, predictably, by a department statement assuring that everything is just fine … without reference at all to the Auditor General’s report

+ Genalta Power Inc. to build 13.5 MW clean fuel-to-electricity power generation plant at Judy Creek to supply Pengrowth Energy Corporation
 
+ Infrastructure Ontario and William Osler Health System issued an RFQ to design, build, finance and maintain the new Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness; RFP to be issued in spring 2013
 
+ newly twinned section of Highway 63 north of Wandering River opened
 
+ last summer’s power blackouts – July 9 outages blamed on poor maintenance
 
+ Manitoba Housing is calling for proposals (RFP) for mixed use development of 74.8 acres in Bridgwater Centre in SW Winnipeg
 
+ new $14.8 million fire hall – South Calgary No. 5 opened

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