Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation Opens Edmonton Office and Appoints Assistant Vice President

Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation (TSX:AI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ryan McDonald as Assistant Vice President for Alberta and Saskatchewan. Ryan will report to Daniel Stewart, Managing Director for Alberta and Saskatchewan, in Calgary, Alberta. 

Ryan has been active in the commercial mortgage brokerage industry since 2007, after completing a Business Marketing Diploma from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Management degree from the University of Lethbridge. He participated in the origination, underwriting and placement of over $400 million of commercial financing throughout Alberta and Saskatchewan with a mix of conventional term, construction, CMHC insured and interim bridge financing for all residential and commercial asset classes. Ryan sits on the Advisory Committee for the Alberta Social Enterprise Venture Fund as well as the Investment Committee for the Edmonton Community Foundation.

Ryan will be responsible for sourcing, underwriting and relationship management for new construction loans, land acquisition financing, inventory loans, bridge financing and property improvement mortgages in greater Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon and Regina.

Atrium's Edmonton office is located at 147, 10403 – 122 Street, Edmonton AB, T5N 4C1. Ryan McDonald, Assistant Vice President, [e-mail] Telephone [phone], cell phone [phone].

Atrium's Calgary office is located in Kensington at 101 – 10th Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1V4. Daniel Stewart, Managing Director, [e-mail] Telephone [phone], cell phone [phone].

About Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation

Canada's Premier Non-Bank Lender™

As a mortgage investment corporation, Atrium is a non-bank provider of residential and commercial mortgages that lends in major urban centres in Canada where the stability and liquidity of real estate are high. Atrium's objectives are to provide its shareholders with stable and secure dividends and preserve shareholders' equity by lending within conservative risk parameters.

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