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May 2, 2017

Volume 22, Issue 08

Dear Friends and Partners,

Attitude is everything, right? I’d say that it having a good attitude has to be one of the most important attributes in life. In the commerce of life - sometimes just showing up is enough, even if its with a mediocre attitude. But a person that is open to change and constant improvement, that is truly valuable.

What got me thinking about this is how we see, feel and hear our “communal attitude” in Edmonton (maybe throughout Alberta) shifting to the ever-slightly-optimistic. In my opinion, true change in an economy or a city can first be seen when the community’s attitude shifts slightly more to positive over negative.

We can start to see this now as the roots begin to take hold. You can argue the chicken and the egg here; economy starts to improve, people notice a difference, attitudes change.. vs. people have a collective shift from negative to positive in a down economy, start to think of ways to improve economy and signs of improvement occur.

It may be the Oilers, the Arena District or an uptick in economy, no matter how fragile, the mood is brightening. Of course humans are a fickle lot, but for now there is a sense of brightening in the city.

South Central Edmonton: Ottewell, 4-Unit Cashflow 

Turbo charge your portfolio. For those wanting a low risk investment in a great A+ area with 4 renovated units under one roof - here it is.

This 4-plex is steps from ravine and school and 5 minute drive to downtown 8 mins to U.O.A. 6 minutes to Hospital.
 This is property has many recent upgrades and offers 2 X 2 & 2 X 1 bedroom units. Stylishly renovated up and down with laundry in basement. 1959 built, 6 parking stalls and wide front yard.

Terrific access to local amenities in sought after Forrest Heights. Purchase price to include reserve fund and exterior renovation budget to make it standout - rolled into mortgage. This is a turn-key deal. Excellent access downtown and in this highly rentable mature neighbourhood.

Comes complete with great tenants making this a totally turn-key property for you. Forest Heights is a mature neighbourhood that is convenient for tenants working downtown or attending UOA. HUGE upside potential due to the great purchase price, strong economic fundamentals and the proximity of this property in relation to Edmonton’s growing centre and University.


Purchase price: $635,000
Total Investment: $146,800
Your Estimated 5 Year Profit $80,991
Your pre-tax Total ROI is 55% or 11% per year

These 4 (non-conforming) suites rent for top dollar and have everything arranged, including financing structure and incredible tenants. Your investment includes: impeccable tenant selection, financial analysis, professional inspection, insurance, financing set-up, legal fees, basic accounting, reserve fund, CMA, bi-annual statements, strategic market planning to ensure successful entry and exit, plus much more!

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Alberta oilsands producers bet on a local advantage as foreign companies flee

By Kevin Orland, Bloomberg, April 20th., 2017

Now that multinational energy producers have sold their stakes in Alberta’s oilsands, local companies are hatching plans to make some real changes.

Cenovus Energy Inc. and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. are betting they can exploit new technologies and their deeper understanding of Canadian-specific issues, such as environmental rules and relations with native communities, to profit from one of the world’s biggest hydrocarbon reserves without their former partners.

“The oilsands require a focus on environmental issues like carbon pricing, indigenous issues, things like that, that are very specific kinds of skills that companies need to have for Alberta, for Canada,” said Harrie Vredenburg, a professor at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business. “Some of the multinationals are not necessarily particularly suited to that. In all those things, it does favour the Canadian firms.” READ MORE HERE 

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Vancouver’s Teck bets billions on Alberta oilsands
First project due for completion this year; second one enters public comment period

By Nelson Bennet, CBC News, April 18th, 2017

The Canadian public is being asked to weigh in on a new oilsands mining project in Alberta owned by Vancouver’s Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.B).

Teck’s $20 billion Frontier oilsands mining project recently entered a joint federal-provincial review panel public comment period.

But not even Teck expects the new oilsands mine to be built before 2026. In the short term, the company is more focused on getting its $13 billion Fort Hills project finished and producing bitumen before year’s end. GRAB THIS ARTICLE

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Braid: How Donald Trump may save us from America

By Don Braid, Calgary Herald, April 18th, 2017

Donald Trump may yet save Alberta. The U.S. president is pushing the province in a direction it has long needed to go — away from the American market.

For Trump this week, it’s goodbye Canadian dairy subsidies.

For the Alberta government, it’s hello China.

Premier Rachel Notley and officials are there now on a 10-day trade mission that also includes Japan. Those countries are already Alberta’s second- and third-biggest trading partners, respectively, after the U.S.

Alberta premiers have long courted the key Asian markets. The opposition parties may be temped to blast Notley for the $160,000 trip, but if they were in office they’d likely be doing exactly the same thing.  FOLLOW THIS STORY


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Edmonton Growth Reports

If you have some free time this weekend you could read the 160 pages of the 2015 Growth monitoring report and Edmonton Growth study released this week.

In short Edmonton is an economic leader and is growing city with a young demographic. Over the next 50 years the city is expected to double in population.

"Alberta continues to lead the country in economic growth. Its economy has grown on average by over 4% per year over the last three years and is forecast to grow by 3% per year over the next three years. The Edmonton-Calgary corridor demonstrates this economic activity having generated 60% of Canada’s overall job growth for the year ending July 2014. The Edmonton Region plays an important role in the Alberta economy, given its proximity to the world’s third-largest oil reserve. Edmonton has been leading or among the leading Canadian cities in terms of GDP growth over the past three years with that trend expected to continue for another five years.

 Strong economic fundamentals in Edmonton have created the need to accommodate
growth. Edmonton’s population grew by roughly 60,000 from 2012 to 2014, an increase of 7.4%. Much of that increase is mainly due to young adults migrating into the city. Housing starts have been pacing the population averaging 10,000 new housing over the last two years. The growth pressures to accommodate the added population have been strongest within south Edmonton. For example, 45% of the added population over the last two years occurred within the two southern most Wards. Demand for industrial land has been just as strong. The average annual absorption rate for the past three years –206 net hectares –is in the order of 85% higher than the previous eight year average. These growth demands are applying pressure on Edmonton’s supply of land for future residential and industrial development." City of Edmonton Growth Study

• The City of Edmonton continues to grow “up,” “in“ and “out.” The current findings confirm the complexity of maintaining growth balance between core, mature and established neighbourhoods and developing or “new” neighbourhoods.

• A demographic shift is occurring in mature and established areas of the city. The population is ageing and households are decreasing in size. There will be a significant increase in lone person and two person households.

• The 2014 Edmonton Municipal census counted 877, 926 people, 60,428 more residents from 2012.

• The Edmonton CMA is comparatively much younger than major Canadian city regions with a median age of 36 years  2015 Growth Monitoring Report