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Bedrock Featured in CREB

John Savard was recently quoted in CREB Now as an expert in the Office Space for lease Calgary market. Below is a portion of the article. Read the Full Article.

Commercial real estate felt the pinch of a slumping economy in 2016 and Calgary’s suburban office market was no exception.

From headleases – between a landlord and a tenant – to subleases – where a tenant puts some of their excess space on the market – commercial real estate outside the core had its challenges.

“A significant amount of very, very large blocks of vacancies are available on the sublease market and the head lease market, for that matter, and we have not seen a great number of tenants going in to take those spaces,’’ said John Savard, principal, office leasing specialist with Bedrock Realty Advisors Inc.
Suburban office vacancy rose 0.3 percent during the fourth quarter of 2016 to 22.6 percent, according to a recent Barclay Street Real Estate report.

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John Savard of Bedrock Properties Ltd., discusses Calgary’s commercial real estate market with CREB Now. Click photo to view full article.

 

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Bedrock Supports Free the Children

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On Saturday, Sept. 24 Bedrock Realty participated in the 5k Walk for Water in Chestermere.

On Saturday, September 24, the team at Bedrock Realty participated in the Walk for Water, a 5K walk in Chestermere in support of Free the Children. As part of We Day, this charity event helps raise money to build wells in third world countries.

For more information or to help support this wonderful charity, visit www.we.org/we-day/we-day-events.

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Bedrock Featured in CREB

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Bedrock Realty’s John Savard was recently featured in a CREB article. Click the image to view the full article.

Bedrock’s John Savard recently had the opportunity to chat with on of Calgary’s most prolific business writers, Mario Toneguzzi, about a story he was working on regarding Calgary office space condo scene. Below is an excerpt from the story, Read the Full Article.

“I start the conversation with my client’s growth plans,” he said. “If they tell me they will most likely be the same square footage in seven years, then I highly recommend purchasing an office condo. It is at the seven-year point that the mortgage paydown is substantial enough – assuming only a minimal asset appreciation – that your return on investment is greater than paying rent.

“If my client’s seven-year plan has it growing its square footage, then a purchase may not be a wise choice. If my client outgrows its condo before the seven-year point, then it has to find new space and put the condo on the leasing or for sale market.”

Read the Full Article.

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Bedrock Realty Launches!

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We are very excited to announce the launch of Bedrock Realty Advisors, Calgary’s newest real estate brokerage specializing in downtown commercial and Office space for rent calgary.

“I’m very excited to be able to bring my expertise and knowledge of Calgary’s downtown commercial real estate to this new venture,” says Bedrock’s owner John Savard.

While Bedrock may be new to the Calgary Downtown office space for lease real estate scene, Savard is not – in fact, Savard has been a steady presence in the industry since 1989 when he made the move from Toronto to Calgary.

Since then Savard has worked at numerous commercial brokerages, representing hundreds of clients internationally in their office leasing deals.

“Unlike other brokerages who represent the tenant and the landlord, we represent the tenant only,” says Savard. “We work hard to get them the right space to meet their needs and at a fair price.”

To learn more about Bedrock’s services, Contact Us today!