CIBT Accepts New Investment into Recently Acquired Serviced Apartments Project
29 Maio 2014 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
CIBT Education Group Inc. (TSX: MBA, OTCQX International:
MBAIF) and its subsidiaries (collectively, “CIBT Group”) are
pleased to report the participation of an overseas investor in CIBT
Group’s $44 million serviced apartments project (the “Project”)
that was announced on May 12th 2014. As a result of the investment,
the investor holds approximately 60% of the Project and CIBT Group
holds the remainder. In addition, CIBT Group will be paid a fee of
$1.485 million for developing and structuring the Project, payable
in units of the limited partnership formed for this investment.
CIBT Group has been appointed as manager of the Project for a
term of twenty years and will be paid, as a management fee, a
portion of the distributable cash from operations generated from
the Project. The services to be provided by CIBT Group under the
management agreement will include the following:
- Recruit international students to
reside in the serviced apartments
- Provide landing services, city
orientation, settlement and student support services for those
international students newly arrived to Vancouver
- Manage the day-to-day operations of the
Project including financial management and collection of rents
- Provide various tutoring services
including language and academic programs
- Coordinate after school extracurricular
activities and sightseeing tours for those international students
residing at the serviced apartments
- Provide hotel management Interns to
work at the student apartments at reduced cost while obtaining
hotel management experience
“As the supply of affordable student housing is in great
shortage, we are not surprised to see such strong investor interest
in the Project,” commented Toby Chu, President and CEO, Vice
Chairman of CIBT Education Group Inc. “International students are
flocking to Canada while Vancouver’s housing rental market remains
at 2% vacancy, according to Vancouver Real Estate Board, and demand
for affordable student housing is expected to increase steadily in
the coming years. Such demand is also supported by the federal
government’s stated policy to increase the quota for international
students entering Canada by 80% in eight years. By leveraging on
CIBT Group’s 20 years of international market experience, an
expanding global network, access to over 20,000 international
students from within our enrollment system as well as our academic
partners, we plan on acquiring, developing and leasing a stream of
student hotels and serviced apartment properties in the coming
months and years. By accepting co-investment from accredited
investors for each project, we expect to remain largely liquid and
at reduced risk while we are pursuing our goals. Our vision is to
become a dominant player in the student housing business in Canada
supported by our 110 year old operating subsidiary, Sprott Shaw
College, and other associated and affiliated schools located
domestically and abroad.”
About CIBT Group:
CIBT Education Group Inc. is an education management company
focused on the global education market since 1994. Listed in Canada
on the Toronto Stock Exchange and in the U.S. on the OTCQX
International, CIBT Group owns and operates a network of business,
technical and language colleges in North America and Asia. CIBT
Group offers cooperative joint programs in 12 countries with
campuses, recruitment offices and training centers enrolling over
5,000 students annually. Its education business is operated through
Sprott Shaw College (established in 1903), Acsenda School of
Management, CIBT School of Business China, and A-Plus Recruitment
Centers in China and other overseas countries. Through these
subsidiaries, CIBT Group offers Western and Chinese accredited
business and management degrees, programs in college preparation,
healthcare, hotel management and tourism, English language
training, English Teacher Certifications, junior and high school
preparation programs for overseas study, and other
career/vocational training. CIBT Group also owns Irix Design Group,
a leading design and advertising company based in Vancouver,
Canada, Global Education Alliance (“GEA”) and Global Education City
Holdings Inc (“GEC”). GEA recruits international students for many
elite kindergarten, primary, secondary schools and universities in
North America. GEC is an investment holding and management company
with a special focus on education related real estate projects in
Canada. Visit us online at www.cibt.net.
For more information contact:
Toby Chu Vice-Chairman, President & CEO CIBT Education Group
Inc.
Investor Relations Contact:1-604-871-9909
extension 318 | Email: info@cibt.net
Forward-looking statements:
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking
information (the “forward-looking statements”) about CIBT Group and
its future plans. Forward-looking statements are statements that
are not historical facts. The forward-looking statements in this
news release are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other
factors that could cause the company's actual results or
achievements to differ materially from those expressed in or
implied by forward-looking statements. With respect to the
statement in this news release as to the federal government’s
stated policy to increase the quota for international students
entering Canada by 80% in eight years, these risks, uncertainties
and other factors include, without limitation, uncertainty as to
the government’s ability to meet this objective and the
continuation of this policy by the current or new ruling party.
With respect to the statement as to the plan to acquire, develop
and lease a stream of student hotels and serviced apartment
properties in the coming months and years, these risks,
uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation,
uncertainty as to CIBT Group’s ability to identify suitable
locations and to negotiate the purchase of identified properties on
favourable terms or at all, and uncertainty as to CIBT Group’s
ability to lease serviced apartments built on any such acquired
properties. With respect to the statement in this news release that
CIBT Group expects to remain largely liquid and at reduced risk
while pursuing its goals, these risks, uncertainties and other
factors include, without limitation, uncertainty as to CIBT Group’s
ability to satisfy the assumptions of management, as well as
general economic factors and other factors that may be beyond the
control of CIBT Group. Forward-looking statements are based on the
beliefs, opinions and expectations of the company's management at
the time they are made, and CIBT Group does not assume any
obligation to update its forward-looking statements if those
beliefs, opinions or expectations, or other circumstances, should
change.
CIBT Education Group Inc.Toby ChuVice-Chairman, President &
CEOInvestor Relations Contact: 1-604-871-9909 extension 318Email:
info@cibt.net
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