Transcript: Get advice for your business
[Music plays.]
[Title Name: John Preston – Founder and Chairman, NADG.]
[John Preston sitting alone on a sofa. In the top left corner of the screen is a white CIBC logo and white text that reads: “Ambitions made real ®” that persists for the duration of the video.]
>> John Preston: When I started NADG, I had absolutely no experience, no knowledge and no capital.
All the ingredients for success. All I had was was a work ethic and an ambition.
[Shown on screen: NADG is a leading developer of retail and residential properties.]
[A family photo shows John with his son and two other men.]
[Jeff Preston sitting at a table.]
[Title Name: Jeff Preston – CEO, NADG.]
>> Jeff Preston: My father started the company back in 1977. I formally started in early 2008 and I knew I was where I wanted to be for the rest of my life.
[Aerial shots of commercial and residential properties.]
We're an exceptionally agile business and constantly looking for new opportunities.
[Jeff Preston and Jeff Shulman in an office shaking hands.]
CIBC has supported us for many years. That speaks at many levels to the depth and reliability of the relationship.
[Jeff Shulman walking down the street carrying a portfolio.]
[Title Name: Jeff Shulman, Managing Director, Commercial Real Estate, CIBC]
>>We financed a project where NADG was developing land for other builders. Interest rates rose dramatically and the builders decided not to go through with their contract.
[Jeff Shulman at a desk speaking on the phone.]
We amended the loan for NADG to meet their changing needs and the transaction proceeded and worked out really well for both them and the bank.
[Jeff Preston sitting at a table.]
>> Jeff Preston: Had we had a non-relationship lender, they easily could have panicked and done what most lenders would have done in that scenario, not CIBC.
[Jeff Shulman and John Preston greet each other with a hug at a golf course.]
They were there for us.
[John Preston sits on a sofa with a German shepherd dog sleeping beside him.]
[A wider camera shot shows Jeff Shulman sitting on a nearby sofa, talking to John Preston.]
[John Preston now sits by himself on a different sofa.]
>>John Preston: You have to have a bank that you have confidence with that if there's bumps in the road that you know they're going to be with you getting through the bumps in the road.
[Jeff Preston sitting at a table.]
>> Jeff Preston: As I look forward into the next 10 years, I know the business is going to grow significantly.
[Jeff Preston stands with Jeff Shulman, having a conversation at the NADG offices in front of a living wall with greenery in the shape of NADG letters.]
[Jeff Preston sitting at a table.]
One of the big reasons I feel so confident about that is our relationships with great lenders such as CIBC.
[Music stops.]
[The CIBC logo appears in white in the center of the screen against a red background, and then the logo moves up slightly and more white text appears below it that reads: “Ambitions made real ®”. Small white text appears at the bottom of the screen saying, from top to bottom: “Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender and Loans are subject to Credit Approval. The CIBC logo and "Ambitions made real" are registered trademarks of CIBC, used under license. ©2025 CIBC Bank USA.”]