Achievements & News
March 01, 2010 - Announcement
Ellerslie Landing and Jasper Gates Plaza
Humford Management is pleased to announce that we have been appointed property managers for Ellerslie Landing and Jasper Gates Plaza, two retail assets acquired by the Redev Properties Group. Humford also assisted Redev with its due diligence for these acquisitions.

February 01, 2010 - Announcement
Opening of Alberta Urban Municipalities Association office in the AMP Building
Humford Management is pleased to announce that the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) has now moved into their offices in the Alberta Municipal Place (AMP). Following the acquisition of the property in December 2008, this 60,000 square foot building has been substantially upgraded and improved. AUMA will occupy approximately 1/3rd of the building with the balance leased to third parties. Humford managed the construction and leasing program for the property, as well as performing property management duties.

January 05, 2010 - Announcement
Citadel Village, Summerwood Centre, and Timberlea Landing
Humford managed these three retail and mixed use properties for the WAM Development Group through the substantial completion of construction, tenant fit up and their eventual sale to RioCan REIT. Humford worked closely with asset management to create value in these properties during the development process.

These three properties are located in the Edmonton area and Fort McMurray and include anchor tenants such as Save-On Foods, Shoppers Drug Mart, and the Municipality of Wood Buffalo.


November 22, 2009 - Announcement
Grand Opening of Giant Tiger store at Leduc Towne Square
Humford is pleased to announce the grand opening of the new 18,000 square foot Giant Tiger store in Leduc Towne Square.

Giant Tiger, a privately held company, was established in 1961 in Ottawa and has grown to 191 stores across Canada. These family oriented stores carry clothing, footwear, groceries, home furnishings and health and beauty products.

Leduc Towne Square is also anchored by Safeway and Shoppers Drug Mart.


August 11, 2009 - Announcement
Cannon Centre
Humford Management is pleased to announce that it has been selected to manage this new acquisition by GPM (11) GP Inc. Humford assisted GPM with the due diligence and will be working closely with the GPM Asset Management team to create value in the investment.

The property is located on the North West corner of 111th Avenue and 163rd Street in the North West industrial area of Edmonton. It consists of 3 multi-tenancy buildings totalling 176,600 square feet and 2.39 acres of excess development land. The tenants are a mix of showroom retail, office/warehouse and office uses.

Prominent businesses in the Cannon Centre includes Princess Auto, Commercial Bearing and Atlas Copco Canada.

June 12, 2009 - Announcement
Humford Management gives back to the community by Adopting A Road
Humford Management believes it is important to give back to the community. We want the properties we manage to be clean and safe. Why not the City we live in as well? The Humford Edmonton office has taken on this challenge and Adopted a Roadway - the north side of the westbound lane of the Sherwood Park Freeway from 34th Street to 50th Street. Twice a year our staff volunteer and work together to pick up litter along this route.

January 28, 2009 - Announcement
Pat Perpeluk promoted to Vice President Operations- Edmonton
Humford is pleased to announce the promotion of Pat Perpeluk to the position of Vice President Operations - Edmonton. In this newly created position, Pat will be responsible for the delivery and performance of Humford’s property management services in northern Alberta. Pat will lead the property management group and seek and implement best property management practices throughout our portfolio. Pat is in his tenth year with Humford Management and over this period has managed a broad range of office, retail and industrial properties.


December 01, 2008 - Announcement
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Humford Management is very pleased to announce that it has been selected to manage this property acquired by the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association. This 60,000 square foot office building was built in 1980. As part of their acquisition strategy AUMA and Humford will be undertaking a number of sustainability upgrades to make the property more energy and cost efficient, and improve the quality of the environment for occupants. Once the property is improved, the AUMA will occupy approximately a third of the building.

November 15, 2008 - Announcement
Bank of Nova Scotia Development Completed
Humford managed the build to suit development of this new free standing 4,000 square foot Bank of Nova Scotia branch.

We are very pleased to welcome Scotiabank to the Belmont Towne Centre tenant mix that includes Sobeys, Rexall Drugs and Tim Hortons.

Belmont Towne Centre is located on the corner of the Victoria Trail and 137th Avenue in Edmonton.


November 01, 2008 - Announcement
RPA Announcement
Humford Management is very pleased to announce that Stacy Elliott has earned her Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation. The RPA program requires candidates to finish a number of required and elective courses and demonstratable experience in property management. In 2006, Graham Hogg also earned his Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation while working at Humford Management.

January 01, 2008 - Announcement
9th Street Warehouse Fully Leased
Humford managed the renovation of this 179,000 square foot warehouse property in south east Calgary for KingSett Real Estate and Citium Enterprises Inc. With Dawson Wallace Construction as general contractor, the building was converted from a single tenant to a multi-tenant facility. The last remaining vacancy consisted of 8,255 sf of second floor office and was leased to Print Audit. Other tenants include HD Supply, Wolseley Canada, Boncor Building Products and Chariot Carriers.

October 04, 2007 - Announcement
Trail South Corners Repositioning Completed
Humford is pleased to announce that Sobeys Western Cellars has opened for business in the Trail South Corners Shopping Centre. Western Cellars occupies a formerly closed free standing restaurant that was extensively upgraded and modernized for their use. This culminates a successful repositioning of the property following its acquisition by the Redev Properties Group. Over the past two and a half years a combination of developing an additional building, new leasing and renewal leasing has resulted in a significant increase in the amount and quality of the net income from the property.

July 01, 2007 - Announcement
High Park Renovations Completed
Humford Management managed the renovation of this 25 year old 28,000 square foot retail and office property in West Edmonton. The exterior renovation modernized the look of the property as well as expanded the size of the building.

November 20, 2006 - Announcement
Go Green Designation for Garneau Professional Centre
The BOMA Go Green Certificate of Achievement, which recognizes environmental best practices, was awarded to the Garneau Professional Centre and Humford Management Inc. Related to this achievement, in 2005 Humford Management completed an energy audit and retrofit to reduce power consumption by approximately 25%.

September 01, 2006 - Announcement
Controller Announcement
David McGowan was appointed Controller at Humford Management. He takes a hands on approach with the day to day accounting, monthly statement preparation, annual working papers, annual operating cost reconciliation’s, annual budget preparation, GST filing and mortgage and property tax payment administration. Dave leads a team of 6 property accountants and 1 accounts payable clerk.

March 01, 2006 - Announcement
2006 TOBY Award for World Trade Centre
The World Trade Centre - Edmonton won the prestigious 2006 TOBY Award for a Historical Building at the BOMA Edmonton Awards Gala. The property is managed by Humford Management and is owned by the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce. This seven storey office building dates back to 1893 and was meticulously restored and modernized in 2003/2004 while retaining its historic character.

February 20, 2006 - Announcement
Management of Jim Pattison Properties
Humford Management was selected by Jim Pattison Developments Ltd. for the on-site management of eight retail properties in Alberta on behalf of the Jim Pattison Group. All buildings are newly constructed and anchored by Save-On Foods stores.

March 12, 2005 - Announcement
Building Operator of the Year
The prestigious Building Operator of the Year award was presented at the BOMA Edmonton award gala to Jose Vargas of Humford Management Inc. for his oustanding work, service and dedication.