Land Banking

An Innovative Investment Opportunity Utilising
Land To Diversify Your Portfolio

Some of our partners have been in business for 26 years, We also have affiliations with North America's largest Land Banking company. Headquartered In Calgary, Alberta, offices are currently open throughout Canada, Asia and the United States.

All of our partners focus on the purchase of strategically located raw land in the path of development of major North American cities, a concept know as Land Banking.

Traditionally reserved for large institutions or corporations, Land Banking is now available to everyone.

INVESTING ON SOLID GROUND ...

Using the success that has been experienced in Alberta as a platform for growth our partners have now expanded into new markets across North America. Projects include over 1,400 acres in South Simcoe County,Ontario, and over 500 acres in the Greater Phoenix Area,Arizona .Entering these markets demonstrates the aggressive nature of our business partners Acquisition Teams, and their goal to dominate each area in size, strength and experience.

An Illustration Of The Process At Work.

The following 6 slides demonstrate the relative value and risks of each stage of the re-zoning process from agricultural to residential / commercial land from which you will be able to identify the investment opportunity and potential that exists within the city re-zoning processes.

Slide 1

The slide below demonstrates the traditional correlation of commercial land value over time prior to house or factory building construction.

Compare and contrast also the agricultural land values without city authority granted development permissions to agricultural land with city authority granted development permissions

Slide 2

Lets now take a closer look at each of the steps from an agricultural greenfield to a traditional end user which could be a home or factory owner.

Please note that the relative value of the land at each step in the process creates a potential increase in land value.

Step 1 : At this stage of the process we are simply dealing with greenfield agricultural land without any re-zoning or building permissions.

Step 2 : The re-zoning phase - City authorities declare the land to be an urban reserve area - the land is declared to be incorporated within city limits.

Step 3 : Concept - An area structure plan is devised by city authorities - at this stage the city defines broadly the usage of the land - within the structure plan areas will be nominated to include residential, commercial , park land etc.

Step 4 : Approval - This stage focuses on a far more detailed outline plan to include infrastructure and utilities - prospective land developers become increasingly interested at this stage of the process as they can identify with land development potential.

Step 5 : Development - This is the stage where actual construction of residential / commercial assets takes place.

Step 6 : End user - The purchase of the constructed assets

Slide 3

Lets now back track a little to focus on the 3 main phases of the process which we term House Buyer or Investor , Developer and Land Banking.

Traditionally speaking, most of us when purchasing our homes enter the phase at the End User step. Having purchased our home it can be stated that this phase of ownership is deemed to be speculative in the sense that market forces dictate the value of our homes.

Slide 4

At the Developer stage the developer himself is able to calculate and quantify land acquisition costs allied to the final resale values of the constructed end products. As such this phase is not considered speculative but instead considered calculative.

Slide 5

The Land banking phase in the next slide illustrates the fact that no physical changes have occurred with the land - the land started as greenfield agricultural land and ends its phase as greenfield agricultural land - the difference between the start and end of this phase is that a complete re-zoning process has taken place by city authorities.

Slide 6

The final slide illustrates typical investment potential - Greenfield agricultural land being valued at between C$ 1 - 2 per square foot compared to the end user who will be looking at paying upwards of C$ 30 per square foot.

The investment opportunity extends to the Land Banking phase where as illustrated investment potential of 200 - 300 % is consistently achieved. Please click here to view a recent offer received by one of our land banking partners from a developer interested in the purchase of land with all appropriate permissions. This is an actual offer which clearly illustrates the benefits to the original land investors.

By now the concept of land conversion will know doubt prove appealing as an investment opportunity.

However as with all land investments the truism behind the phrase location, location ,location is equally important.

Current projects are currently focused therefore on targeted areas within the USA and Canada.

Background

Fort McMurray is north east of Edmonton and the centre of the oil sands development. Edmonton is the logistics centre for this industry. In response to demand, the City of Edmonton planning authorities have designated a large area o NW Edmonton for commercial and industrial development. The ASP has been approved for this purpose and is knows as the Winterburn Industrial ASP.

Infrastructure development has been significant. The TransCanadian highway (Yellowhead Trail) passes through the northern part of the city. The Canadian National Railway has recently opened an intermodal yard in the area to service the expanding demands of the region. The City of Edmonton has embarked on linking the Yellowhead Trail to the Calgary Trail, the first stage of an outer ring road for the city. These key facilities make Winterburn a very attractive location for commercial and industrial premises.

Various phases have been developed in recent years but with the increase in the price and the global demand for oil the requirement for more sophisticated facilities is outstripping supply.

Cost

The Land Banker is presently offering Stony Industrial at C$100,000 per acre for cash.

Price Comparison

Neighbouring developments are currently being marketed. Two independent indications of value are detailed below:

1. Local Edmonton real estate agent, JJBarnicke (part of the Insignia group), has been selling the City West Industrial development, part of the White Industrial Estate, since August 2003.In September 2003 the properties were being marketed at
C$175,000 � C$195,000 per acre. The prime locations, the most expensive, sold immediately.

In February 2004 the residual property was valued at C$190,000.

In December 2004, after re-zoning to offer larger areas, the price rose to C$205,000.

2. The City of Edmonton Land Sales department is offering the same City West, White Industrial development in October 2004 at C$215,000 per acre.

Clearly land values are appreciating significantly and these examples would indicate a rate of around 10% per annum in this area.
The re-zoning approvals are estimated to take around 6 years. If this trend continues and there is every indication that it should, then returns in excess of C$250,000 could be expected.

Current Projects

There are a number of current projects ranging in time scales from 5 to 20 years. Minimum investments are dependent upon project and currently range from just C$ 10,000 per acre.

Please contact us via email to obtain the latest details on all of the current project offerings.

Benefits Summary

The benefits of a land banking investment.

� Options of 100% Capital Security.
� Up to 25 year + track record of success.
� Options of liquidity through a secondary market.
� Investors receive a Title Deed � a hard asset.
� No sales or management fees

In the first instance please click on the email button below and we will arrange for a representative to contact you to discuss your objectives and the current projects on offer.