Brian Gettel, B. Comm., AACI
EXPERIENCE:
Brian is a company founder of Gettel Appraisals Ltd., which was originally formed in 1981. He has over 40 years of professional real estate appraisal and consulting experience. Brian has appraised a variety of different property types including commercial properties (office buildings, shopping centres, general retail buildings), industrial properties, multi-family and institutional properties (schools, hospitals) for mortgage financing, foreclosure, sale/acquisition, litigation, taxation, etc. He has also assessed compensation under the Expropriation Act and Surface Rights Act for a wide variety of urban and rural property types for the purposes of road/highway development/widening, rail line development, developing drainage canals, power lines, pipelines, sewage lagoons, land fill sites, etc. He has completed studies on highway/rail line proximity damages, devaluation studies relating to the impact of power lines, pipelines, sewage lagoons, land fill sites, etc. and has conducted feasibility/market analysis on urban development land, multi-family, commercial and industrial projects. He has extensive experience appraising environmentally contaminated properties for compensation – devaluation and sale – purchase purposes.
EXPERT WITNESS EXPERIENCE:
- Alberta Land Compensation Board
- Alberta Surface Rights Board
- Alberta Energy & Utilities Board
- Alberta Court of Queens Bench
- British Columbia Supreme Court
- Alberta Assessment Appeal Board/Municipal Government Board
- Various Arbitration Boards/Panels
QUALIFICATIONS:
- AACI, Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute
- Member of the Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC)
- Licensed with the Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA)
- Member of the Alberta Expropriation Association (AEA)
- Member of the International Right-of-Way Association
- Member of the Urban Land Institute
- Bachelor of Commerce, University of Alberta
OTHER:
- Past President – AEA Executive Committee
- Speaking engagements include:
- Appraisal Institute of Canada
- Alberta Expropriation Association
- International Right-of-Way Association
- Edmonton Real Estate Board
- Conference Board of Canada
- Articles Published include:
- The Canadian Appraiser
- Site Valuation – A Reassessment of the Adjustment Process
- Co-wrote Appraisal Institute Student Manual
- 2200 – Appraisal of Service Stations
- Expropriation Digest
- The Canadian Appraiser
