Some interesting Commercial Real Estate news recently – we’re seeing investors from both within Canada and internationally looking to place equity in the secure and stable Canadian economy; for many, their preferred vehicle is tangible real estate investment properties like apartment buildings.
Global Players looking at Canadian Commercial Real Estate
Big international players are looking at Canada for profitable commercial real estate investments. Kuwait Finance House just announced a JV with Killam Properties to pick up north of $400 mil of Canadian multi family residential real estate
Kuwait Finance House establishes a joint venture with Killam Properties Inc.
The initial program is to acquire CDN$250 million of multi-family residential properties within the next 24 months. The partners will contribute equity of $100 million with a $75 million contribution from KFH and $25 million by Killam for a holding period of up to seven years.
Sigma Real Estate Advisors assisted in arranging the joint venture, which intends to be fully invested over a two year period, subject to market conditions. Killam will receive asset and property management fees from the joint venture.
“We are very pleased to be making our first investment in the Canadian real estate sector,” stated Abdul Naser A. Al-Subaih, Assistant General Manager for the Investment Sector of KFH. “The investment is a continuation of our strategy to add value for our partners, our clients and our shareholders. We believe the Canadian market offers exceptional value, and we intend to make further investments in the country going forward. We look forward to working with Killam and their experienced management team.”
Homburg Invest plans Canadian REIT spinoff
Homburg Invest (HIIa.TO), which owns and operates real estate in Canada, the United States and Europe, said on Friday it plans an initial public offering of its Canadian real estate investment trust.
Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Homburg said the IPO was the first step in executing its previously announced plan to spin off its real estate assets into five geographically based companies.
Homburg did not say how much it plans to raise with the offering or when it was expected to close.
The proposed offering is being handled by a syndicate of underwriters led by TD Securities Inc, and including National Bank Financial Inc, Desjardins Securities Inc, CIBC World Markets Inc, Scotia Capital Inc, Canaccord Financial Ltd, HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc, Dundee Securities Corp and Beacon Securities Ltd.
Homburg owns a portfolio of real estate including office, retail, industrial and residential apartment buildings and townhouse properties.
TransGlobe aims to raise $250M in IPO
TransGlobe Apartment REIT plans to raise $250-million in an initial public offering to buy rental apartments across Canada, say two people familiar with the sale. TransGlobe will sell trust units for $10 each, say regulatory documents filed yesterday by the Mississauga, Ont.-based firm. The offering, expected to be priced in the first week of May, is being led by CIBC World Markets.
The real estate investment trust was formed to indirectly buy 65 rental properties with approximately 8,200 units, principally in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the company said. The properties are owned or co-owned and operated by TransGlobe Investment Management Ltd.
$100 million condo & retail development coming to Montreal’s downtown
After years of serving as a downtown eyesore, the block including the storied former Seville Theatre gets a major shot in the arm Monday with the expected announcement of a plan worth more than $100 million to build condos and storefronts on the strip.
Two Montreal companies, the Claridge investment firm and the real estate developer Prével, are partners in the plan to build Le Séville, as the development on the north side of Ste. Catherine St. W. between Chomedey and Lambert Closse Sts. will be called.
Le Séville will include a 20-storey tower on the west corner connected to an 11-storey building on the east corner and one rising seven storeys in the rear, Jacques Vincent, co-president of Prével, told The Gazette.
They will include about 350 to 450 condos, and stores at street level. Construction is to begin this fall, and the first move-ins by tenants are planned for the spring of 2012.
Unlike previous proposals with Concordia University as a possible participant, this plan, to be designed by the Cardinal Hardy architectural firm, does not include student housing, Vincent added.
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That's good news. Looks like the first positive effects of eliminating the infamous section 116 of the Income Tax are already showing up. Right now, our economy needs foreign investments more than ever.
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