When making business decisions worth millions of dollars, you need advice from someone whose judgment you can trust. John MacDonald has for three decades specialized in industrial real estate in the Edmonton market, where his knowledge, relationships and performance are unmatched.

John has been a partner with Cushman & Wakefield Edmonton since 1994 and is the leader of its IndustrialEdmonton.com team. This group counts among its achievements one of the most technically difficult industrial land projects ever done in Edmonton. John describes the sale of the City West Lands as “a huge, complicated, valuable project” that ultimately took ten years to complete.

The sale was complicated by the fact that some of the land was a former lakebed that, although dried up for years, was environmentally protected. Permissions from two provincial departments and a number of municipal stakeholders were needed for the new owner to develop the property. The sale took place after a series of land swaps and environmental enhancements. Vertical construction is underway on the site.

“That was a monster of a deal,” John recalls. “In the whole length and breadth of that deal, there were 10 to 12 transactions. The result will be the development of multiple 100,000-square-foot-plus facilities for national and international clients.”

John began his career as a commercial real estate broker in 1977, and has focused on industrial real estate since the early 1980s. He is Edmonton’s top-performing industrial real estate broker. He is an expert in all stages of land development whose accomplishments include industrial land sales in excess of 3,500 acres and leases in excess of 6 million square feet.

A senior partner for Cushman & Wakefield Edmonton, John holds the firm’s Associate Broker License. He was the first broker in Edmonton to receive the Specialist, Industrial and Office Real Estate (SIOR) designation awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.

An active volunteer for many years, John is past president of the Ridge Community League and the South West Area Council of Community League Presidents. He also was involved in the development of the William Lutsky YMCA,  the Kinsmen Twin Ice Arenas and the Riverbend Library.

Doug MacKay will help you successfully navigate your industrial real estate transactions in Edmonton. With more than a decade of experience in the Edmonton industrial land market, Doug understands the many details of negotiating and financing an acquisition all the way through planning, zoning, servicing and environmental regulations.

Before a lease or purchase, Doug guides clients through a multi-faceted due-diligence process. Is the property appropriate and well priced? Is the building suitable? Can the floors handle the weight of equipment that will be used? Does the business fit with local zoning? Do the area’s roads and pipes have sufficient capacity? How much office space is needed? How many trucks stalls and loading docks?

Choosing a property often is just the beginning. Doug often continues to be involved in project management all the way to moving day, piloting the client through design, architecture, engineering and permitting. He is has participated in some of the most complex transactions ever completed in Edmonton’s industrial marketplace.

In response to continuing demand for industrial land in the Edmonton region, Doug has been involved in the assembly 2,000 acres for future industrial developments in the cities of Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan as well as both Strathcona and Parkland county.

An associate partner in the industrial land team at Cushman & Wakefield Edmonton, Doug is a Certified Engineering Technologist registered with the Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield in 2003, Doug worked for a number of leading civil engineering and environmental firms in Edmonton.

After demonstrating excellence in real estate sales and completing a series of marketing and financing courses, Doug was designated a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) by the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute in Chicago. He recently earned his SIOR designation from the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors in Washington, D.C.