Weekly Address February 5th Edition

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Lots to catch up on – the Ferndale opportunity successfully came to an end last night as the campaign closed at 11:59pm PT, there are a handful of addy events coming up, and a few new videos have been posted to our YouTube channel.  

📹 Latest Podcast

In this episode of the addy podcast, we sit down with Mark McGrath, an Associate Portfolio Manager at PWL Capital, to explore wealth management for physicians, smart investing strategies, and financial planning insights. Mark shares his journey from aspiring dentist to financial expert, the unique financial challenges doctors face, and how to build a secure, diversified investment portfolio. (Read More)

🗞️ Real Estate News

Posthaste: How high home prices are sapping Canada’s dismal productivity

The prospect of a trade shock remains, however, and the fear that has been building since Trump took office has dragged some of our own problems into the spotlight: Canada’s lagging productivity and the difficulties of interprovincial trade (Financial Post).

Lower interest rates driving industrial real estate acquisition in Canada

Activity has picked up again since the Bank of Canada began cutting rates last June. And although more favourable financing conditions stimulate transactions, a significant rise in industrial rents (82% cumulative since 2018) has made the owner-occupier option more attractive (Consulting.ca).

Trade War Impact: First Pass

On February 1, U.S. President Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all non-energy imports from Canada and a 10% tariff on energy imports (effective February 4). In separate executive orders, a 25% tariff was levied on all imports from Mexico and a 10% tariff was put on all imports from China. These rates are in addition to any tariffs or duties already charged (BMO).

GDP falls 0.2% in November as multiple sectors decline

Statistics Canada reported that real gross domestic product decreased by 0.2 percent in November, marking the largest monthly contraction since December 2023 (Wealth Professional).

🔎 Current Opportunities

Heartland Townhomes

Cochrane, AB

The Heartland Townhomes project is a new, family oriented, 48 unit rental townhome project located in the rapidly growing neighbourhood of Heartland in Cochrane, AB. 

Projecting Monthly Dividends

75 Prince William

Saint John, NB

75 Prince William is a 100% fully stabilized 35,033 SF office building in the central business district of Saint John, NB built in 1960 & 1982 with steel and concrete close to the Saint John river.

Oversubscribed – Even though the minimum raise for this property has been met, you can still invest in it. See here for more details.

The Harrison

Calgary, AB

This is your opportunity to participate in the ownership of 51 residential units and 12 commercial units in a single 5-storey mid-rise apartment building.
$71,340 remaining of $1,095,000

Projecting Monthly Dividends

Springbank Apartment

Dayton, Ohio

Springbank Apartments is a 6-building portfolio of apartments totalling 48-units of Garden/Low-Rise apartments constructed in 1970. The portfolio contains a mix of one and two bedroom units that range from 504 to 565 sq ft. 

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