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Calgary-based E3 lithium drilled brine production wells to evaluate lithium last summer in central Alberta. The company plans to build a lithium production demonstration plant this summer and hopes to have a full-scale plant operating in 2026. (Photo from E3 Lithium Ltd.)   Battery-grade lithium would be extracted from brine deep underground PAUL COWLEY / Jan. 4, 2023 3:00 p.m. / LOCAL ...

Vacancy rates in Calgary's new purpose-built rentals are tightening, and rents are rising. Joel Schlesinger  •  for the Calgary Herald Published Jan 13, 2023  • Last Updated Jan 13, 2023  •  2 minute read   The secondary rental market generally offers good value with more space, as well as parking and storage often at no additional cost, says Kendall Brown of Zonda Urban. PHOTO BY AZIN GH ...

MONUMENTAL $1.8 billion announced for Red Deer hospital expansion Expansion of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre will officially get a $1.8 billion investment in Thursday’s provincial budget. The injection of funds into central Alberta health care capacity was announced by Premier Jason Kenney on Wednesday at Red Deer Polytechnic. Total completion is anticipated by 2030. This news com ...

SUPPORTING VULNERABLE YOUTH Province announces $3.4 million investment for Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre The Alberta government has announced a $3.4 million investment to help build a new Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre (CACAC) in Red Deer to provide services to vulnerable children and youth. Officials note the CACAC will advocate for and provide services to children facing c ...

More People Are Moving To Alberta From Other Provinces & Here’s What It Could Mean For Renters They're coming from Ontario and B.C.! There are so many reasons why people would want to move to Alberta — and it seems like Canadians are starting to realize just how great the Wild Rose Country is. Some cities in Alberta have some of the most affordable housing in the world, plus Calgary and Ed ...

It's with excitement that I'd like to announce Soul Property Solutions will be opening its own independent brokerage on Oct 5th, 2021. Our CIR brokerage affiliation has been instrumental in getting us to this point and would like to thank them for supporting us over the past years and helping us transition to independence. Soul PS will continue to focus on impeccably serving our existing clie ...

Capitalization rates for multi-family rental properties in Canada are the lowest of any commercial real estate sector, partly because of high demand, according to the recent Canadian Cap Rates and Investment Insights report from CBRE, released in August.  The multi-family sector remained the most sought-after asset class for investors in the second quarter of 2019, the study found. “Rock ...

Questions to ask when investing in a NEW area (Click here to see the video)   Let’s look at investing in Alberta. In this episode, we are going to chat with one of Alberta’s most successful real estate investors Dean Leischner. Dean Leischner is a REIN (Real Estate Investment Network) based real estate investor. He currently owns and manages 220+ doors ($28M in assets), all located in cent ...

Photo: Dan Toulgoet British Columbia’s multi-family rental apartment market should ride out the COVID-19 crisis better than most of a commercial real estate industry that is bracing for unprecedented disruptions over the next few weeks or months, analysts say. They add that it is not only top-tier new purpose-built rentals but older assets that should see strong investment action and stea ...