About
Professional Summary
Rick Argue has been an investment sales and mortgage financing specialist with Colliers International since 1991. Rick has been recognized as a “Top Producer” by Colliers and is a Senior Vice President of the firm. As a founding member of the Colliers National investment Services team since January , 2010 Rick has participated in sales transactions totalling more than $1.5 Billion including Industrial, office, retail properties and land.
Rick’s career in the real estate industry began in 1972 with Montreal Trust and then SunLife as a mortgage lender and, subsequently, as a mortgage broker and real estate broker with Highfi eld Mortgage and Investments and Montrose Mortgage Corporation in Edmonton. Prior to joining Colliers, Rick managed the office of Nova West Properties Inc. in Edmonton for fi ve years. Nova West was a real estate investor, broker and property manager of income producing property. Rick joined Colliers in 1991.
Accomplishments
SAMPLE SALE SUCCESSES
-Industrial Properties:
NorthPort Industrial Park-$80,000,000
Pinnacle Business Park- $40,650,000
Roper Ridge North- $23,600,000
Roper Ridge South- $28,775,000
Kingsett Portfolio- $27,400,000
Voice Construction- $11,300,000
76 Avenue Building- $2,700,000
Office Properties:
Hy's Centre- $ 53,000,000
Stantec Campus- $49,250,000
Skyway Professionsl Centre-$$25,000,000
Commonwaelth Building- $3,775,000
Meadowlark Professional Building- $6,650,000
ICM Portfolio- $17.700,000
Reid Head Office-$2,300,000
Retail:
23 retail strip shopping centres sold totalling$225,000,000+ including
Megasys Portfolio-$27,775,000
Argo Portfolio-$27,364,000
Kensington Cossing- $16,100,000
English Estates-$13,500,000
Lynnwood Shopping Centre- $6,600,000
Highestate Portfolio- $3,775,000
Lewis Estates-$2,300,000
Market at McGrath-$35,000,000
Abbotsfield Mall- $13,000,000
Mixed use:
Franklin's Inn Hotel & commercial- $14,100,000
Land:
Keswickland-$24,800,000
Sherwood Park Golf Course $$17,450,000
Molson Bewery Site- $6,000,000
Molson Brewery Site-$16,300,000
Sunwapta Industrial Land-$12,000,000
Red Deer 404 Acres- $9,000,000
Red Deer Land- $7,800,000
101 Street land 15,000SF- $1,825,000
Wabamun Lake Land- $1,600,000
Airdrie Land- $20,000,000
Wye Road Land-$5,000,000
A number of these sales were judicial, court ordered sales including land, 4 office buildings and more.
Education
40+ years of progressivley more responsible work in the real estate finance, development and investment sale industries.
Clients
SLI, Anthem Properties, Hopewell Development Corporation, PWC, Carevest Financial, TREZ Capital, Strathallen, Keystone Capital, Oxford Properties, GE, MD Developers, ReDev Properties, Artis,Strathallen, CMHC, Trillium Group, IMC, Alvarez and Marsel, RBC