Emerald At Gibbons
Sold on March 22, 2021
from 2:00 PM to 2:00 PM UTC
Location
Gibbons, AB
Sale Size
1 Parcel, 159 ± Acres
Final
$770,000
Excellent investment opportunity! 156.5 acres of prime land just 4 miles east of Gibbons, Alberta. As an added bonus, the buyer has the option of also acquiring the 2.47 acre farmstead. Prime real estate on the doorstep of a major industrial hub. Starting Bid: $770,000.
Excellent investment opportunity! 156.5 acres of prime land just 4 miles east of Gibbons, Alberta. As an added bonus, the buyer has the option of also acquiring the 2.47 acre farmstead. Prime real estate on the doorstep of a major industrial hub. Starting Bid: $770,000.
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Sale Description
With commodity prices on the upswing, this quarter section is sure to check all the boxes for anyone interested in investing in Western Canadian farmland.
Location, location, location! ‘Emerald At Gibbons’ is situated on the pavement just half a mile north of the major intersection of highway 825 and 643. Gibbons is 4 miles to the west and Fort Saskatchewan is only 10 miles south of the quarter. You may know some of your neighbours already with Suncor Energy across the road and ATCO Electric just kitty-corner. Pembina Pipeline and Canadian Pacific Railway are just off to the east. A new owner will be playing with the big dogs owning this prime piece of real estate positioned on the doorstep of a major industrial hub.
‘Emerald At Gibbons’ is that ultimate wide-open, corner to corner, highly fertile quarter with an abundance of deep topsoil that is high in organic matter and nutrients. This area is well recognized as one of the top canola growing regions in all of Canada and known for producing lush green crops in June and bumper harvests in September.
This quarter's investment potential is like no other, with the high bidder given the option to acquire the farmstead for a fraction of what it can be sold for when subdivided. The owners are not Mr. and Mrs. Claus, but they wish to move this summer and would prefer not to go through the subdivision process to retain and sell the 2.47 acre farmstead themselves. The high bidder on the 156.5 acres merely has to do the math on the cost of upgrading the septic system, subdividing and then selling the subdivision. You quickly realize the colossal payback potential against the initial purchase price in just the first year. (See below for details). A well-maintained home, situated in a picture-perfect mature yard, is a sought-after commodity for all those looking to escape the city yet not wanting to be in a high-density subdivision.
The quarter is being offered for sale the same day as several neighbouring quarters. Don't miss an opportunity to add this gem to your jewellery box – the Hall family has held the land for close to a century, and it likely won't trade again any time soon.
The quarter is rented for the 2021 crop year with the new owner taking possession in the fall once the crop is off. Please review the Purchase Agreement in the Parcel Details section to see the full specifics of the offer (including separate details regarding: 'If Exercising the Option to Buy the Entire Quarter' and the details 'If Not Exercising the Option to Buy Farmstead').
‘Emerald At Gibbons’ will be offered for sale by online electronic tender by CLHbid.com. Check the website for updates from time to time.
Option to purchase entire 159 acres: High bidder shall have the option to purchase the entire 159 acres with farmstead by paying an additional $180,000.00 over the high bid for the 156.5 acres on sale day. Notice of intent to exercise the option shall be by email to info@clhbid.com within 1 hour of the sale closing. If high bidder elects not to purchase the farmstead, closing shall occur on May 3, 2021 with existing title of 159 acres being transferred to the high bidder subject only to a caveat protecting the owners right to subdivide and obtain title to farmstead upon registration of the plan of subdivision of 2.47 acres.
Emerald At Gibbons is being offered for sale via online escalating tender by CLHbid.com. Check the website for updates from time to time. The property may be viewed by interested registered bidders. Please contact us by email at info@clhbid.com for an appointment. As a law firm, CLHbid never discloses bidder's names to any party, including the Seller. Only the successful buyer's name is ever disclosed to the Seller as part of the closing process.
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Frequently Asked Questions
There are existing auction platforms out there such as the ‘Iowa Auction’ that stop bidding after all individual parcels have received high bids. Then for round #2 of the auction they allow past as well as new bidders to ‘up the ante’ by bidding on the entire farm or ranch with a reserve bid set at the aggregate price just bid on all individual parcels in round #1.
After seeking input from many farmers and ranchers, most told us they didn’t feel a platform such as this was fair to bidders on individual parcels who in many cases have went to a lot of work to get pre-approved for financing etc. Farmers and ranchers also indicated they didn’t think it is fair for a large player to ‘lay in the weeds’ and not bid until after the initial round of bidding. They also told us that it would not be fair to allow a larger player to acquire the entire farm or ranch for only a few dollars more than the aggregate of the prior individual bids. Hence the rationale for the ‘premium bid’ amount for the ‘en bloc’ parcel at the conclusion of the auction.
At CLHbid.com, you as bidder only need to be high on a certain number (generally less than 50%) of parcels in order to have a chance to acquire the entire farm or ranch, whereas at national Auction firms you generally have to be high on 100% of the parcels in order acquire the entire ranch or farm.
Bidders have no knowledge of the identity of other bidders. Likewise, the Seller during the sale is not privy to who may be bidding or how many parcels someone may be ‘high on’. At CLHbid.com we set out to create a platform for the selling or leasing of agricultural land that was honest, fully transparent and offered no opportunity for bids to be shopped by the Seller. This is especially important wherein the Seller has final approval.
At CLHbid.com we have put safeguards in place in our CLHbid.com contract with our Seller to ensure the Seller deals only with the high bidder at the conclusion of bidding. During the timed auction itself, all back-end information is locked down including who is bidding or who is registered to bid. At the conclusion of the bidding, the Seller is privy only to the name of the high bidder on each parcel.
The minimum increment for bidding is set prior to each specific sale in consultation with the Seller. The increments are set having regard to the FMV of the parcel being sold with more expensive parcels generally having larger increments.
We have all been to live auctions where a quarter of land worth $500,000.00 starts at $100,000.00. The parcel is then bid up in large increments initially with the increments gradually decreasing in size as the bidding approaches the end. At CLHbid.com, given our predetermined minimum increments, we try and speed up the process by starting the bidding at what we see as a reasonable number to start serious bidding at, yet a number still below FMV.
In addition, given the ‘en bloc’ final parcel bidding option offered at CLHbid.com, we require a floor number for each individual parcel in the unlikely event a specific parcel doesn’t receive a bid, yet at the conclusion an eligible bidder wishes to bid on the entire farm or ranch. In such a case, the Starting Bid becomes the value to be used for that Parcel not receiving a bid when determining aggregate bids. It is important to note the Starting Bid is not a Reserve Bid.
PLEASE NOTE: Not all CLHbid.com sales have an ‘en bloc’. Please review the particulars of each sale for clarity.
No. The Seller waives their right to approve the sale if there is a bid on the ‘en bloc’.
This is really no different than in the tendering process wherein Tenders stipulate “any and all tenders will not necessarily be accepted”. One issue with tendering is the cost to put a tender in the paper is nominal and there is always a risk of the Seller perhaps just feeling out the market or wanting to know the names of the parties interested.
At CLHbid.com one of the paramount reasons for allowing the Seller final say is to alleviate the need for an expensive Guarantee to the auction house – expensive and seldom called upon yet often required by the Sellers bank. The Seller’s bank doesn’t require the Seller to purchase a Guarantee when using the CLHbid.com platform wherein the sale is at the Seller’s discretion.
CLHbid.com incurs significant marketing costs in the event the Seller fails to accept the high bid(s). The Seller is under contract with CLHbid.com and the contract references trigger values indicating when the right of the Seller to refuse a sale is taken away.
At CLHbid.com, our Sellers are fully invested in the process meaning the likelihood of a high bid not being accepted is extremely remote.
No. At CLHbid.com there is no advantage to waiting to bid. Our platform has a ‘refresh’ function on the clock such that any bid placed near the expiration of the timed sale will automatically re-set the clock adding additional minutes to the clock giving all parties (including the bidder that was just outbid) another opportunity to bid.
At CLHbid.com we take the human element out of the process. During the bidding process if you are high, you will receive an online notice saying you are High Bid. If you get outbid you will receive an online notice saying you were Outbid. Immediately upon expiration of the timed sale, the high bidder will receive an email indicating they were the HIGHEST BIDDER.
All emails are auto generated. The question cannot arise as to whether you were high or not or “was it shopped to someone they liked better” such as when tendering land.
No. The Starting Bid is just that. The first bid required for a Parcel is the Starting Bid and not some number above it. If you are the initial bidder and just bid the basic minimum increment your Current Bid will be the Starting Bid number.
CLHbid.com doesn’t publish the name of the high bidder. We do, however, disclose the name of the high bidder to the Seller as they are then in a contractual agreement to buy and sell. We leave it up to the high bidder and Seller to tell whomever they wish.
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