Environmental issues don’t have to derail your real estate transaction or development project.
With over 30 years of experience in Alberta’s commercial and industrial property market, Environmental Diagnostics provides comprehensive environmental advisory services that help buyers, realtors, developers, lenders, and property owners navigate contaminated property transactions with confidence.
We understand that time is critical in real estate deals. Our team works efficiently to assess environmental risks, identify practical solutions, and coordinate with lenders, municipalities, and regulatory agencies to keep your transaction or development project on track.
Before you list, offer, or close on a property, we conduct thorough Environmental Site Assessments to identify potential contamination issues early. This proactive approach allows you to avoid costly surprises after closing, negotiate from a position of knowledge, structure deals that appropriately allocate environmental responsibilities and satisfy lender and insurance requirements.
When contamination is identified, we don’t just deliver bad news—we provide solutions. Our team helps you evaluate the extent and severity of contamination, estimate remediation costs and timelines, develop risk management strategies that allow transactions to proceed and assist you along the way.
We understand what lenders need to approve financing for properties with environmental concerns. We help with environmental assessments that meet the requirements of all major banks in Canada as well as smaller financial institutions or credit unions. We offer reliance letters at no additional cost and we communicate with lenders to ensure the work satisfies their requirements.
Contaminated properties can represent significant redevelopment opportunities with the right environmental strategy. We work efficiently to deliver assessments and recommendations within transactional timelines.
We can also assist with obtaining development permits for contaminated properties. The most efficient way to remediate a property (both from a time and a financial perspective) is to complete the remediation at the time of the site redevelopment. We have the specialized knowledge of Alberta’s regulatory framework to assist you with this.