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Planes, change and automobiles
As the pandemic accelerates existing industry...
Making ESG personal
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Instar Partners with Leading Controlled Environment Agricultural Producer
View as PDF Instar Asset Management Inc. (“Instar”) today announced it has partnered with management to invest in Greenwood Mushrooms Development Corp. (“Greenwood” or the “Company”), a premier controlled environment agricultural producer of mushrooms, previously a...
Instar Appoints New Managing Partner
View as PDF Toronto, Ontario (September 14, 2021) --- Instar Asset Management (“Instar” or the “Company”) today announced that Morty White, a seasoned private equity executive with over 25 years of experience in the North American middle market, has been appointed...
PRT Growing Services Establishes Green Loan Financing
View as PDF Supports company’s critical contribution to the forest sustainability supply chain Victoria, British Columbia (June 8, 2021) --- PRT Growing Services Ltd (“PRT” or the “Company”), the premier provider of critical growing services for container-grown forest...
Instar Completes Sale of Okanagan Wind
View as PDF Okanagan region’s first wind power facilities acquired by Alberta-based firm Toronto, Ontario (June 1, 2021) --- Instar Asset Management (“Instar” or “the Company”), today announced the sale of its 100% interest in Okanagan Wind, two wind power facilities...
Instar Expands Brand Footprint And Strategy
View as PDF Toronto, Ontario (May 26, 2021) — Instar Group Inc. (“Instar” or the “Company”), an independent alternative management firm focused on middle-market investment opportunities primarily in North America, today announced the rebranding of Instar Asset...
InstarAGF Completes Acquisition of LS Networks
View as PDF Denver, Colorado and Portland, Oregon (April 1, 2021) --- InstarAGF Asset Management Inc. (“InstarAGF”) today completed its previously announced acquisition of LS Networks (“the “Company”), a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider...
InstarAGF Acquires PRT Growing Services from TriWest
View as PDF InstarAGF Acquires PRT Growing Services from TriWest Toronto, Ontario (April 1, 2021) — InstarAGF Asset Management Inc. (“InstarAGF”) today announced it has acquired PRT Growing Services Ltd. (“PRT” or the “Company”), a leading reforestation logistics...
Planes, change and automobiles
As the pandemic accelerates existing industry...
How Cities are Shaping our Future
Rapid urbanisation is a defining trend of the 21st century with complex economic, geopolitical, environmental and social impacts that are profoundly changing the way we live, work and compete, writes InstarAGF president and chief executive Gregory Smith.
The Future of Fibre
Instar’s Jack Bittan chats to Byron Cantrall, CEO of LS Networks, and Marc Hudson, co-founder and former CEO of Rocket Fiber, about the rapidly growing opportunity in the fibre sector.
Essential Infrastructure in the Age of Social Distancing
As we face covid-19, there is evident need for greater investment in digital infrastructure, a sector uniquely positioned to provide increasingly essential services, say Jack Bittan, partner and Casey Lanza, principal at InstarAGF.
The Human Impact of the Energy Transition
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Keeping Green Energy Grounded
Infrastructure investors can drive decarbonisation. But achieving a more sustainable system that meets the growing demands of urbanisation requires a diverse energy mix, writes InstarAGF’s Gregory Smith.
Midstream roundtable: Delivering solutions for a changing industry
How can businesses adapt to address environmental, social and governance opportunities? Investors and operators agree, the future of midstream will rely on flexibility, customer service and enhancing efficiencies.
A Source of Renewable Super-Infrastructure
InstarAGF’s Gregory Smith makes the case for bioenergy, explaining why its profile is ‘compelling’ both from an environmental as well as an economic perspective.
Metro Vancouver’s Vibrant District Energy Market
Across the greater Vancouver, B.C., area, neighborhood energy systems are growing in size and number and increasing their use of renewable energy technologies.
Sustaining Reliable Infrastructure in a Changing Energy Sector
Jonathan A. Schein, Institutional Real Estate, Inc.’s managing director of global business development, recently spoke with Gregory Smith, president and CEO of InstarAGF Asset Management, about trends in renewable energy infrastructure, with a focus on bioenergy developments. An excerpt of that conversation follows.
Local Solutions for Energy Generation and Distribution
Recently, Chase McWhorter, managing director of infrastructure at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., spoke with Gregory Smith of InstarAGF. The following is an excerpt of that conversation.
Okanagan Wind: Celebrating Green Energy in BC
Last week the Okanagan region of British Columbia gained its first operational wind power facilities, Okanagan Wind.
Instar Partners with Leading Controlled Environment Agricultural Producer
View as PDF Instar Asset Management Inc....
Reimagining Water Use for North America’s Agriculture
As the effects of climate change threaten our very survival, ensuring access to water is quickly becoming one of the defining issues of the 21st century, writes Gregory Smith, president and chief executive officer at Instar.
Growing Resilience through Agricultural Infra
The future of sustainability lies in our ability to address agricultural resilience, adapting to and mitigating the impact of climate change while securing and enhancing essential food, water and land resources, says Instar’s Gregory Smith.
Harvesting Value in North America’s Farms
Recently, Chase McWhorter, Institutional Real Estate, Inc.’s managing director, Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, spoke with Will Chow, principal of InstarAGF Asset Management. Following is an excerpt of that conversation.
Press Releases
Instar Partners with Leading Controlled Environment Agricultural Producer
View as PDF Instar Asset Management Inc. (“Instar”) today announced it has partnered with management to invest in Greenwood Mushrooms Development Corp. (“Greenwood” or the “Company”), a premier controlled environment agricultural producer of mushrooms, previously a...
Instar Appoints New Managing Partner
View as PDF Toronto, Ontario (September 14, 2021) --- Instar Asset Management (“Instar” or the “Company”) today announced that Morty White, a seasoned private equity executive with over 25 years of experience in the North American middle market, has been appointed...
PRT Growing Services Establishes Green Loan Financing
View as PDF Supports company’s critical contribution to the forest sustainability supply chain Victoria, British Columbia (June 8, 2021) --- PRT Growing Services Ltd (“PRT” or the “Company”), the premier provider of critical growing services for container-grown forest...
Instar Completes Sale of Okanagan Wind
View as PDF Okanagan region’s first wind power facilities acquired by Alberta-based firm Toronto, Ontario (June 1, 2021) --- Instar Asset Management (“Instar” or “the Company”), today announced the sale of its 100% interest in Okanagan Wind, two wind power facilities...
Instar Expands Brand Footprint And Strategy
View as PDF Toronto, Ontario (May 26, 2021) — Instar Group Inc. (“Instar” or the “Company”), an independent alternative management firm focused on middle-market investment opportunities primarily in North America, today announced the rebranding of Instar Asset...
InstarAGF Completes Acquisition of LS Networks
View as PDF Denver, Colorado and Portland, Oregon (April 1, 2021) --- InstarAGF Asset Management Inc. (“InstarAGF”) today completed its previously announced acquisition of LS Networks (“the “Company”), a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider...
InstarAGF Acquires PRT Growing Services from TriWest
View as PDF InstarAGF Acquires PRT Growing Services from TriWest Toronto, Ontario (April 1, 2021) — InstarAGF Asset Management Inc. (“InstarAGF”) today announced it has acquired PRT Growing Services Ltd. (“PRT” or the “Company”), a leading reforestation logistics...
InstarAGF Agrees to Acquire LS Networks
View as PDF New partnership positions best-in-class digital pioneer for next phase of growth and connectivity in the Pacific Northwest Denver, Colorado and Portland, Oregon (October 15, 2020) — InstarAGF Asset Management Inc. (“InstarAGF”), today announced...
InstarAGF Essential Infrastructure Fund II Achieves Final Close
View as PDF TORONTO, ONTARIO (June 8, 2020) — InstarAGF Asset Management Inc. (“InstarAGF”), an independent private capital management firm focused on North American middle-market infrastructure, today announced the final closing of its latest flagship...
InstarAGF Acquires Oilfield Water Logistics
View as PDF Leading midstream water infrastructure platform positioned for growth in North America TORONTO and DALLAS (October 28, 2019) — InstarAGF Asset Management Inc. (“InstarAGF”) today announced it has acquired Oilfield Water Logistics (“OWL”) alongside...