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The Norcal Group is a unique and innovative real estate advisory company providing real estate owners and prospective owners with a comprehensive set of services including property management, real estate sales, leasing, regulatory approvals, market research, property acquisition, project management, asset management and assistance in obtaining financing.
The company currently manages office, warehouse and retail space, in both Canada and the United States.
The Norcal Group is in business to provide excellent service through qualified and professional people. Their experience, credentials and integrity form the basis for the results oriented service that Norcal provides to the client.
The Norcal Group serves the needs of clients including financial institutions, developers, investors, builders, trust companies, syndications, and overseas investors and those with no "in-house" real estate expertise. Services are tailor-made to meet the particular needs of each client.
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Management Team
Hardy Nielsen - President
-Background in Real Estate Finance and Management dating back to the early 1970's. Brings significant experience in the area of Asset Management and Lease Negotiations as well as Tenant Relations.
H.J. (Howard) Chisholm- Director of Management
-Established Norcal and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in all areas of Real Estate from Development, Asset Management, Finance and Lease Negotiations.
Ricco Zaluski - Maintenance Manager
- Building maintenance experience acquired over several years provides Ricco with the knowledge necessary to quickly and efficiently deal with any problems that may arise.
Gudrun J. Seredynski - Chief Financial Officer
-Chartered Accountant having spent several years with a major Accounting Firm before bringing those skills to service our clients needs.
Elizabeth Lemmer- Senior Financial Accountant
Pam Meier- Accountant
Shannon Kelly- Administrative Assistant
Norcal Archive Local News
County OKs golf community in EurekaPosted: Sunday, Apr 30, 2006 - 09:08:32 pm MDT
Second such subdivision approved this yearBy LYNNETTE HINTZEThe Daily Inter LakeLincoln County Commissioners have given a green light to the 360-acre Indian Springs development two miles north of Eureka.
The upscale subdivision — 343 lots at full build-out — is proposed by Dave Rogers of Fernie, British Columbia, and Neil Longhurst of Florida, who have formed Rogers-Long Development Co.It’s the second golfing community approved this year by the commissioners. The Wilderness Club, a 545-acre secluded development near the Canadian border, plans to break ground May 5.Indian Springs is focused around a public 18-hole golf course. Lots range from 3,920 square feet to 9.2 acres and will include 199 single-family, three condominium, seven commercial and 134 townhomes/motorcoach lots.Although public hearings for the Wilderness Club drew a fair amount of opposition from neighbors, the Indian Springs project has been much more accepted because of the developers’ willingness to become a part of the community, Commissioner Marianne Roose said.“It was a whole different atmosphere,” she said about the Indian Springs public hearing in Eureka. “These two gentlemen sat up to the table with the rest of us. Their goal is to blend in.”Roose said she believes the Indian Springs developers have shown a genuine concern for the Eureka community, noting how school officials have approached them about accommodating swimming lessons in an indoor pool planned for the property.About 187 acres will be set aside as open space — 100 acres for walking trails and 87 acres for the golf course.Indian Springs will be primarily second homes for its residents. About 22 to 66 of the homes would be year-round.The subdivision would be built out during 10 years.Roose said there were questions about the impact on local aquifers, but she added that the developers assured the commissioners they would work with state water officials to provide proper water monitoring.The project is still subject to recommendations from the Lincoln County Planning Department. The county recently appointed its first Planning Board, an advisory group that will be up and running in about three months.AT THE Wilderness Club, plans for a charitable foundation to benefit the greater Tobacco Valley community will be announced at a sod-turning event May 5.“The Wilderness Club Foundation is one way that we can be a good neighbor and give back to the people of this community,” Hardy Nielsen, president and chief executive officer of the Calgary-based Norcal Group, said in a prepared release.Norcal is the developer of the Wilderness Club.For each sale of a home site or cabin, Wilderness Club will donate $1,000 to the foundation. Details about how the funds will be managed and distributed to area organizations still are being worked out, Nielsen said.In addition, the Wilderness Club is developing plans to become “a Big Brother” to John’s Course, a local no-greens-fee golf course for the handicapped.The Wilderness Club will feature an 18-hole golf course designed by golfing legend Nick Faldo. The first phase of development will include 75 home sites and 5 luxury cabins. Prices for the home sites will start at $250,000. The cabins will start at $700,000.At completion, the development will encompass 272 home sites, from one-third acre to more than two acres, and 47 luxury cabins. On-site amenities will include a golf clubhouse and spa, a Lake Club, and “Camp Wilderness,” featuring swimming, tennis and other recreational activities.Sales centers are now open in Whitefish and Calgary, Alberta.Features editor Lynnette Hintze may be reached at 758-4421 or by e-mail at
lhintze@dailyinterlake.com
Montana’s Slow Burning FireGolf comes of age in Big Sky country.By Bill HuffmanWHITEFISH, Montana – Man, Montana is a beautiful place. No wonder it’s the new frontier – perhaps the last frontier – for eye-popping private golf in America.Even though he never played the game, John Steinbeck understood the rugged beauty of “Big Sky Country.’’ In 1960, shortly before his 60th birthday, the late author set out to rediscover America with his dog, Charley. Steinbeck’s 10,000-mile journey began in Maine, rambled through the heartland of the Midwest and the Great Northwest, swept along the California coast and through the deep South. The trek ended three and a half months later in his home state of New York.Not surprisingly, Steinbeck, a never-ending wanderer, was overwhelmed by the magnificence of Montana. He loved its wide-open spaces, glacier-inspired streams, rivers and lakes, and the purple mountain majesty of the Rockies. But it was the people of “the last best place on the planet’’ who really captured Steinbeck’s fancy. Or as he wrote of his encounters in Montana: “I had time to undertake the passing art of neighborliness.’’What’s amazing about Steinbeck’s last full-length work – “Travels With Charley’’ – is that the America he discovered in the fall and winter of 1960 was pretty much the same country that exists almost 50 years later. That is especially true when it comes to the western third of Montana, or everything to the left of the Continental Divide.Montana certainly is not crowded. Even though it’s the fourth-largest state size-wise, (147,138 square miles, 559 miles wide), it averages a mere 6.2 persons per square mile, with a population that has yet to reach 1 million. It is the road less traveled, without question the state’s biggest allure. For years, visitors slowly came in search of teaming trout streams and terrific ski slopes, and fell in love with the serene scene they came to know. Today, golf is the calling card at such pristine properties as Iron Horse Golf Club in Whitefish, the Club at Spanish Peaks near Bozeman, and the brand-spanking new Wilderness Club in Eureka, which is nestled just five miles south of the Canadian border.It is a natural evolution, as the Glacier Golf Trail always has been quietly fabulous, with such low-key public courses as Eagle Bend in Bigfork, Big Mountain in Kalispell, Polson Country Club and the highly-regarded Whitefish Lake Golf Club . That Glacier National Park also boasts two laidback layouts – East Glacier Golf Club and Glacier View Golf Club – also fed the slow-burning fire.Jeff Ulvedal, a golf pro from Phoenix whose roots go deep into Montana, knows why his extended family returns each summer for a reunion in Whitefish. “The golf is great, the weather is wonderful, and the people are even better,’’ he says. “It’s kind of like your favorite fishing hole, in that you know how good it is; you just hope nobody else finds out.’’Ulvedal would understand better than most. His grandfather, the late Rodger Borgeson, was the golf pro at East Glacier dating back to the early 1930s. It was Borgeson who had the honor of teaching the game to Chief Two Guns White Calf, the legendary leader of the Blackfeet whose face was coined forever on the Buffalo nickel.Today, the Glacier Golf Trail is certainly at the fore, with such legendary architects as Tom Fazio (Iron Horse), Tom Weiskopf (Spanish Peaks) and Nick Faldo (Wilderness Club) carving their way through virgin terrain. That their works are lined along the same route once taken millions of years ago by the great glaciers of the Ice Age seems to fit the region like a “tee.’’
IRON HORSE GOLF CLUBWhitefish, MontanaJust like the Native American-dubbed “Iron Horse,’’ the steam-powered train engine of the late 1800s that changed the way the West was won, so has Iron Horse Golf Club changed the way the game is viewed in northwest Montana. That revelation holds true even for the course’s creator, Fazio.“It may well be the last best place for mountain golf in the Rockies,’’ said the noted architect of the 7,028-yard, par-71 layout that is nestled near the throwback mountain town of Whitefish. “Views of the mountains above and waters below make stunning backdrops to be enjoyed on virtually every hole.’’What’s cool about Ironhorse besides its vast variety and signature closers – the picturesque 17th and 18th holes – is everything that goes with it. That includes being a next-door neighbor to Glacier National Park, as well as offering excellent skiing at Big Mountain, where the club occupies one of its western slopes. Need more of Mother Nature? No problem, as there’s the aqua-blue Whitefish Lake glistening below, and mighty Flathead Lake, which is slightly larger than Lake Tahoe and about 30 minutes away. Also on the list of natural wonders are the north, south and middle forks of the Flathead River, where fly-fishing flourishes. The best part of all, however, is Whitefish, a small hamlet of 5,000 residents that swells to 25,000 in the summer. You will not forget such Old West saloons as the Great Northern Bar & Grill and the Remington, and fabulous fare served up by such restaurants as Tupelo’s, Mambo’s, Wasabi and the local favorite -- Whitefish Lake Golf Club.Mike Meldman, the CEO of Scottsdale-based Discovery Land Co., which owns Iron Horse, is a part-time resident. “Whitefish is as glorious as Lake Tahoe or Aspen might have been 40 years ago,’’ he explains.The 820-acre Iron Horse community, which opened in 1999, has property that ranges from $225,000 to $3.8 million, with an equity membership priced at $125,000. All the perks – a Glacier Lodge-styled clubhouse, fitness center and spa, swimming pools, trout ponds and other outdoor pursuits – are included. That it was honored as the 14th best golf community out of “America’s Top 100’’ by one national publication is a testament to the awe-inspiring lifestyle of Iron Horse.STRATOS Insider: Dallas Cowboys quarterback Drew Bledsoe and Rocky-Rambo star Sylvester Stallone are members at Iron Horse. Former U.S. Open and PGA champion David Graham is a full-time resident.
THE CLUB AT SPANISH PEAKS Big Sky, MontanaLocated on 3,500 acres in the secluded Gallatin Valley on the edge of Yellowstone National Park, take a deep breath before entering the outdoor sports hamlet of Spanish Peaks. Everything Montana is famous for – skiing, fly-fishing, hiking, biking, horseback riding and golf – is found among the homesites, townhomes and luxury cabins at stunning Spanish Peaks.“The views are so spectacular you’ll want to trade your sand wedge for a camera,’’ Weiskopf said of his latest upscale masterpiece. “It’s very rare to find land that is as well-suited for golf as the land at Spanish Peaks.’’Weiskopf said he went to great lengths to design “a progressive course that works in harmony with the natural landscape and bold views that surround it.’’ That the course is framed against three mountain ranges and runs through one of the most fertile valleys in the West also adds to the flair. That Weiskopf moved his residence to Bozeman also speaks volumes.Launched in early 2004, Spanish Peaks offers real-estate opportunities ranging from homesites starting at $700,000 to luxury cabins that begin at $1.3 million. Chief among the offerings are 123 homesites ranging from two to six acres. Many of the properties have ski-in and ski-out access.The No. 1 amenity is Weiskopf’s wonderland, which includes a canvas of blue spruce, quaking aspen, lodge pole pines, native wetlands and ponds, as well as a wide array of “wild,’’ as in wildlife and wildflowers. And, yes, America’s revered bald eagles still are listed among Spanish Peaks’ main residents.The 7,100-yard course opened with the first nine holes this summer, and will be the full 18 by the summer of 2007. With variety, views and vintage work by Weiskopf, it’s “a gimme’’ that Spanish Peaks will soon reap national acclaim. Memberships are priced at $85,000 for golf and $45,000 for everything but golf, and both are fully refundable. It seems a modest price for fulfilling your wildest dreams in this land that once was hailed by the explorers Lewis & Clark. That nearby Lone Mountain Ski Resort gets 400 inches of snowfall annually makes for a year-round experience.Certainly the 32,000-square-foot clubhouse/lodge, a rustic yet refined log structure that is a reminiscent of “Old Montana,” serves well both golfers and skiers. It’s all part of the grand plan by the Pittsburgh-based Dolan family, which owns the Club at Spanish Peaks.STRATOS Insider: The Oscar-winning movie “A River Runs Through It’’ was filmed along the blue-ribbon waters of the Gallatin River. In fact, the southwest section of the Gallatin is said to hold more than 4,000 cutthroat, brown and rainbow trout per mile.
THE WILDERNESS CLUBEureka, MontanaWhen it comes to a natural retreat that is like no other in the United States, those associated with The Wilderness Club near the Canadian border port of Roosville ask a two-part question: One, do you have the room to wander with loved ones and share in the experience of the great outdoors?Two, does it lead you toward all of the adventures you were always meant to have?Welcome to the Nick Faldo-inspired Wilderness Club. Built around the name-sake lake, with 90-mile-long Lake Koocanusa just a long par-5 away, there is much to savor about this 545-acre park.Faldo, for one, said he is “loving every minute of it’’ since he discovered the property a year ago. “I was amazed at how you could almost see how the course would lay out. It was all there in front of you,’’ said the winner of six major championships (three Masters and three British Opens). “The views of the mountains, water and forests from almost every hole will make this a spectacular golf setting.’’According to the NorCal Group, which has owned and managed many commercial, industrial and resort properties throughout the United States and Canada, the golf will be a pure country-club experience with an outdoor pursuits department that is second to none.“It’s the type of place I’d like to bring my family to,’’ says Faldo in what has to be the ultimate tribute to the club’s many activities, which include fly-fishing, skiing, whitewater rafting, horseback riding, hiking and biking, boating, snowmobiling and hunting, to name a few. That Wilderness Club, which opened this spring, also includes fitness and spa facilities, as well as swimming pools and hot tubs. Adds Faldo: “For me, it’s got it all, and I am simply humbled by the opportunity to create a golf course from such a pristine palette of natural amenities.’’.Ground for what Faldo calls Mother Nature’s “resort course’’ was broke this summer, with the 18-hole private course set to make its debut in the summer of 2008. The last three holes – Nos. 16, 17 and 18 – finish along lake’s shores, as does the ninth hole.What’s especially attractive about the Wilderness Club is that its membership is included with ownership of property, with homesites starting at $250,000, and luxury cabins beginning at $700,000. How hot is the Wilderness? It’s first 77 homesites were reserved in less than three months.STRATOS Insider: Not only has Faldo claimed over 50 international golf titles worldwide and designed six courses from England to China, he also lists “fishing’’ as a passion. “There is nothing better than standing in a river and knowing the trout are rising,’’ he says. “That’s a real buzz, especially around here.’’
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