Nexus Environmental Services Ltd.

When people think about environmental risk during a commercial real estate transaction, the focus is often placed squarely on what has happened on  the property itself. In reality, some of the most significant risks identified during a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) originate off-site , from neighbouring or nearby properties. This is known as adjacency risk , and in Alberta it is one of the most common — and most misunderstood — drivers of environmental concern

If you’re purchasing, refinancing, or redeveloping a commercial property in Alberta, one of the most common — and costly — questions that comes up is: “Do we need a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment?” The short answer is: sometimes — but not nearly as often as people think. At Nexus Environmental, we regularly see clients pushed toward Phase II ESAs based on assumption rather than evidence. Understanding when a Phase II ESA is actually required  can save time, money, an

When most people picture environmental risk, they think of old gas stations, factories, rail yards, or industrial corridors in big cities. Rural land, on the other hand, carries a kind of mythology—wide open fields, clean soil, simple histories, and the assumption that “nothing bad ever happened out there.” That assumption gets a lot of buyers into trouble. In reality, rural Alberta properties often have more complex and undocumented environmental histories  than urban ones.

A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) can sound intimidating if you’ve never been through one before. At Nexus, we get a lot of similar questions from clients, whether they’re buying, selling, or financing a property. Here are the answers to some of the most common ones: 1. What exactly is a Phase I ESA? 🏗️ It’s a non-intrusive investigation  of a property’s current and historical use. We review records, aerial photos, directories, and regulatory databases, then co

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