Proceedings.

Coast Automotive Group Inc. et al.

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CCAACCAA
Court
Court of King's Bench of Alberta
Filings held51
Last activity11 May 2026
On the record432 days
Secured debt$36.2M
OverviewSummary updated

Coast Automotive Group Inc. and the related Coast Auto Group entities — Coast North Vancouver Auto Sales Inc., Coast Auto Drayton Inc. and 2461765 Alberta Ltd. — have been under CCAA protection since July 16, 2025, with an initial stay expiring July 26, 2025. Bank of Montreal, the group's only source of secured financing, was owed $36,227,809.66 as at July 9, 2025 plus accruing interest, legal and professional fees and costs, secured by first-ranking general security over the borrower entities' present and after-acquired property, unlimited guarantees, and a $5,750,000 mortgage on the Drayton Valley premises. A sale process carried a phase one deadline of September 5, 2025 and a bid deadline of September 26, 2025. Further orders followed on July 25 and October 16, 2025, December 9, 2025, and February 18, March 23 and April 15, 2026; the stay now runs to April 19, 2026.

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Parties

Debtor

Coast Automotive Group Inc. et al.

Applicant

BMO

Monitor

BDO

Bench and counselPer the orders and service lists on the record

Bench

JudgeCourtOn this docketCases on record
Justice MahCourt of King's Bench of Alberta5 orders, Oct 2025 – May 202657 cases on record
Justice HarrisCourt of King's Bench of Alberta4 orders, Dec 2025 – Mar 202621 cases on record
Justice BourqueCourt of King's Bench of Alberta2 orders, Jul 202528 cases on record

Counsel of record

PartyCounselFirst seenSource
MonitorBDOBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP31 Jul 2025Service list · 31 Jul 2025
ApplicantBMOMiller Thomson LLP31 Jul 2025Service list · 31 Jul 2025
DebtorCoast Automotive Group Inc. et al.Blue Rock Law LLP30 Mar 2026Service list · 30 Mar 2026
CreditorAddress for Service and Contact Information of Filing This DocumentBlue Rock Law LLP · Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP16 Oct 2025Affidavit · 8 Dec 2025
CreditorBank of MontrealBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP · Miller Thomson LLP17 Apr 2026Order · 17 Apr 2026
CreditorbcIMC Realty CorporationBlaney McMurtry LLP31 Jul 2025Service list · 31 Jul 2025
CreditorDeerfoot Atria Partners LtdDouglas Robertson LLP31 Jul 2025Service list · 31 Jul 2025
CreditorFoundation Auto Drayton Valley Limited Partnership and Foundation Auto Drayton Valley IncStikeman Elliott LLP31 Jul 2025Service list · 31 Jul 2025
CreditorStetson CDJR LtdDuncan & Craig LLP16 Oct 2025Service list · 16 Oct 2025
Capital structureAs asserted in the filings
Priority classCreditorAmountSource
SecuredBank of Montreal (BMO) · in 279 casesDemand credit facilities (operating, new/used wholesale flooring, non-revolving acquisition/goodwill financing, corporate Mastercards) under the 246 Facility Term Sheet, Drayton Term Sheet and North Van Term Sheet; secured by General Security Agreements (PPSA fixed and floating charge over all present and future goods, inventory, intangibles, accounts receivable and undertaking - e.g. Coast Auto Drayton Inc. GSA dated 09/06/2023) and unlimited guarantees from 246, Coast Drayton Valley, Coast North Van, Sundeep Cheema, Deepak (Dean) Parmar, and Deerfoot Atria Partners Ltd. Individual facility l · as of 9 Jul 2025$36.2MAffidavit of Shehryar Syed (July 9, 2025)
Sale processAs stated in the filings

Bid deadline

26 September 2025

Sale and Investment Solicitation Process

Phase 1 deadline

5 September 2025

Sale and Investment Solicitation Process

RecoveriesAs stated in the filings

Closed · the record states no distribution outcome.

Fees and ratesAs stated in the filings

4 engagements · 3 firms — latest: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, 1 Sep – 21 Nov 2025Affidavit of Clark Lonergan (December 2, 2025) · 2 Dec 2025

FirmPeriodHoursFeesRatesSource
BDO Canada LimitedMonitorMonitor Fee Period——$454.87stated averageAffidavit of Clark Lonergan (December 2, 2025) · 2 Dec 2025
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLPCounselperiod 2 of 21 Sep – 21 Nov 2025——$946.88stated averageAffidavit of Clark Lonergan (December 2, 2025) · 2 Dec 2025
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLPCounselperiod 1 of 21 Jul – 31 Aug 2025——$946.88stated averageAffidavit of Clark Lonergan sworn October 8, 2025 · 8 Oct 2025
DSMAcapacity not stated———not statedFirst Report of the Monitor (July 21, 2025) · 21 Jul 2025
0 people — DSMA, —
NameTitleHoursRateFees
PartnerPartner—$995—
Automotive AssociateAutomotive Associate—$825—
Legal CounselLegal Counsel—$825—
Transaction ManagerTransaction Manager—$625—
Deal Advisory/CPADeal Advisory/CPA—$475—
Documents
51 filings
DateDocumentFile
Order - Termination of CCAA Proceedings (May 11, 2026)
  • Presiding officer Justice D.R. Mah
PDF
Reason For Decision (May 11, 2026)PDF
Order - Appeal & Stay (April 17, 2026)
  • Counsel Miller Thomson LLP
  • Order date 15 April 2026
PDF
rder - Stay Extension and WEPPA Declaration (April 17, 2026)PDF
Reasons for Decision (April 16, 2026)PDF
Fifth Report of the Monitor (April 13, 2026)PDF
Service List - (Updated March 30, 2026)
  • Counsel Duncan Craig LLP
PDF
Application for Permission to AppealPDF
Order - Stay Extension (March 23, 2026)
  • Order date 23 March 2026
  • Presiding officer Justice J.S. Little
  • Stay extended to 19 April 2026
PDF
Fourth Report of the Monitor (March 16, 2026)PDF
Notice of Application (March 16, 2026)PDF
Endorsement - Coast Automotive Group IncPDF
Order - Dismissing Application and Granting Security for Costs (March 10, 2026)
  • Presiding officer Justice L.K. Harris
PDF
Order - Stay Extension - (February 18, 2026)
  • Order date 18 February 2026
  • Presiding officer Justice L.K. Harris
  • Stay extended to 27 March 2026
PDF
Notice of Application - (February 17, 2026)PDF
Second Supplement to the Third Report of the Monitor (February 13, 2026)PDF
Notice of Application (February 6, 2026)PDF
Order - Varying Scheduling Order (February 6, 2026)
  • Presiding officer Justice L.K. Harris
PDF
Notice of Application (February 4, 2026)PDF
Supplement to the Third Report of the Monitor (January 28, 2026)PDF
Monitor's Certificate - Coast North VancouverPDF
Notice of Application (December 9, 2025)
  • Counsel Blue Rock Law LLP
PDF
Order - Stay Extension and Ancillary Matters (December 9, 2025)
  • Order date 9 December 2025
  • Presiding officer Justice L.K. Harris
  • Stay extended to 27 February 2026
PDF
Affidavit of Jessal Parmar (December 8 2025)
  • Counsel Blue Rock Law LLP
PDF
Affidavit of Joe Randhawa (December 8 2025)PDF
Monitor's Certificate - Coast Auto DraytonPDF
Notice of Application (December 3, 2025)
  • Counsel Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
PDF
Third Report of the Monitor (December 3, 2025)PDF
Affidavit of Clark Lonergan (December 2, 2025)
  • Fee schedule Engagements: Form: prose · Rows: · Money: Approximate: false · Period: Kind: unstated · Label: Monitor Fee Period · Quote: Monitor Fee Period is $133,168.92, including for fees, for disbursements, · Approval: State: unstated · Averages: across all BDO Invoices · Currency: · Invoices: · Firm text: BDO Canada Limited · Firm quote: BDO CANADA LIMITED · Context quote: 4. BDO was appointed as the Monitor of the Coast Auto Group pursuant to the Amended and Restated Initial Order of Justice Bourque dated July 25, 2025 (the "Appointment Order").; Form: invoice_listing · Rows: · Money: Approximate: false · Period: End: 2025-11-21 · Kind: invoice · Quote: SUMMARY OF INVOICES OF BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP (Period from September 1, 2025 to November 21, 2025) · Start: 2025-09-01 · Approval: State: unstated · Averages: across all Blakes Invoices · Currency: · Invoices: · Firm text: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP · Firm quote: BLAKE CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP · Context quote: SUMMARY OF INVOICES OF BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP (Period from September 1, 2025 to November 21, 2025)
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Order - Restricted Access (October 17, 2025)
  • Presiding officer Justice D.R. Mah
PDF
Order - Stay Extension and Ancillary Matters (October 17, 2025)
  • Order date 16 October 2025
  • Presiding officer Justice D.R. Mah
  • Stay extended to 12 December 2025
PDF
Approval and Vesting Order (Drayton Valley)
  • Counsel Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
  • Presiding officer Justice D.R. Mah
PDF
Approval and Vesting Order (North Vancouver)
  • Presiding officer Justice D.R. Mah
PDF
Service List (Updated October 16, 2025)
  • Counsel Robertson LLP
PDF
Affidavit of Clark Lonergan sworn October 8, 2025
  • Fee schedule Engagements: Form: prose · Rows: · Money: Approximate: false · Period: Kind: cumulative · Quote: The average hourly rate charged by the Monitor across all BDO Invoices was $454.87 · Approval: State: unstated · Averages: across all BDO Invoices · Currency: · Invoices: · Firm text: BDO Canada Limited · Firm quote: BDO CANADA LIMITED · Context quote: BDO was appointed as the Monitor of the Coast Auto Group pursuant to the Amended and Restated Initial Order of Justice Bourque dated July 25, 2025 (the "Appointment Order").; Form: prose · Rows: · Money: Approximate: false · Period: End: 2025-08-31 · Kind: cumulative · Label: Period from July 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025 · Quote: SUMMARY OF INVOICES OF BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP (Period from July 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025) · Start: 2025-07-01 · Approval: State: unstated · Averages: across all Blakes Invoices · Currency: · Invoices: · Firm text: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP · Firm quote: SUMMARY OF INVOICES OF BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP · Context quote: SUMMARY OF INVOICES OF BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP (Period from July 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025)
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Notice of Application (October 8, 2025)PDF
Second Report of the Monitor (October 8, 2025)PDF
Service List (July 31, 2025)
  • Counsel Stikeman Elliott LLP
PDF
Amended Notice of Application (July 25, 2025)PDF
Amended and Restated Initial Order (July 25, 2025)
  • Order date 25 July 2025
  • Stay expiry 19 October 2025
PDF
Notice of Application for the Comeback (July 25, 2025)PDF
SISP Approval Order (July 25, 2025)
  • Presiding officer Justice M.H. Bourque
PDF
Sealing Order (July 25, 2025)
  • Presiding officer Justice M.H. Bourque
PDF
First Report of the Monitor (July 21, 2025)
  • Fee schedule Engagements: Form: rate_chart · Rows: Rate: 995 · Quote: 1. Partner | $995 · Title: Partner · Row kind: level · Rate kind: standard · Name as stated: Partner; Rate: 825 · Quote: 2. Legal Counsel | $825 · Title: Legal Counsel · Row kind: level · Rate kind: standard · Name as stated: Legal Counsel; Rate: 825 · Quote: 3. Automotive Associate | $825 · Title: Automotive Associate · Row kind: level · Rate kind: standard · Name as stated: Automotive Associate; Rate: 625 · Quote: 4. Transaction Manager | $625 · Title: Transaction Manager · Row kind: level · Rate kind: standard · Name as stated: Transaction Manager; Rate: 475 · Quote: 5. Deal Advisory/CPA | $475 · Title: Deal Advisory/CPA · Row kind: level · Rate kind: standard · Name as stated: Deal Advisory/CPA · Money: Approximate: false · Period: Kind: unstated · Approval: State: unstated · Averages: · Currency: Code: CAD · Quote: Hourly rate (CAD$) · Invoices: · Firm text: DSMA · Firm quote: DSMA cannot guarantee a successful conclusion · Context quote: For the Services, DSMA shall be paid the hourly rates set out below.
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List of Creditors (July 21, 2025)PDF
Notice to Creditors (July 21, 2025)PDF
Initial Order (July 16, 2025)
  • Order date 16 July 2025
  • Presiding officer Justice M.E. Burns
  • Stay expiry 26 July 2025
PDF
Notice of Application (July 16, 2025)
  • Secured creditors $36.2M · Note: Total Indebtedness figure includes principal plus accruing legal/professional fees, costs and interest per para 10; BMO stated to be the only source of secured financing for the Coast Auto Group (para 8); details of security from p.4. · Page: 3 · As of: 2025-07-09 · Debtor: Coast Auto Group (Borrower Entities: Coast Auto Drayton Inc., Coast North Vancouver Auto Sales Inc., and 2461765 Alberta Ltd.) · Creditor: Bank of Montreal (BMO) · Security: First-ranking general security agreements over all present and after-acquired property of the Borrower Entities (registered at Alberta PPR or BC PPR); unlimited guarantees from the Borrower Entities and others in favour of BMO; mortgage on the Drayton Valley Premises granted by 2461765 Alberta Ltd. in the registered amount of $5,750,000 (registered principal, not a balance), registered at Alberta Land Titles Office
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Sale and Investment Solicitation Process
  • Bid deadline 26 September 2025
  • Phase1 deadline 5 September 2025
PDF
Pre-Filing Report of the Proposed Monitor (July 10, 2025)
  • Secured creditors $13.3M · Note: Combined operating facilities overdraft balance; was approximately $6.8 million as at Sept 19, 2024 per FA Memorandum, increasing to approximately $13.3 million as at June 7, 2025. Ownership (shareholders Cheema and Parmar) provided additional personal collateral in support of BMO's credit facilities as a condition of prior forbearances; net value of that collateral not currently known and it has not yet been monetized (related-party/personal guarantor collateral). · Page: 11 · As of: 2025-06-07 · Debtor: Coast Automotive Group Inc., Coast North Vancouver Auto Sales Inc., Coast Auto Drayton Inc., and 2461765 Alberta Ltd. (combined operating facilities) · Creditor: Bank of Montreal (BMO) · Security: Senior secured lender under the Company's credit facilities (including operating line and floor-plan facility); specific registered security instruments not detailed in the excerpted pages
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Affidavit of Shehryar Syed (July 9, 2025)
  • Secured creditors $36.2M · Note: BMO stated it is 'the only source of secured financing for the Coast Auto Group' (para 9, p.2), where it approximated indebtedness as 'in excess of $36 million'; the exact dated balance 'as of the date of this affidavit' (sworn July 9, 2025) is $36,227,809.66 plus accruing interest, legal/professional fees and costs. Personal guarantees exist from Sundeep Cheema and Deepak (Dean) Parmar (shareholders/directors) - names recorded here per Rule 10. Deerfoot Atria Partners Ltd. is a related-party guarantor whose claims against Coast North Van and Coast Drayton Valley are separately postponed/subordinated to BMO under Assignment, Postponement and Subordination Agreements (Form LF9B). · Page: 9 · As of: 2025-07-09 · Debtor: Coast Auto Group (Coast Automotive Group Inc., Coast North Vancouver Auto Sales Inc., Coast Auto Drayton Inc., and 2461765 Alberta Ltd., jointly and severally via cross-guarantees) · Creditor: Bank of Montreal (BMO) · Security: Demand credit facilities (operating, new/used wholesale flooring, non-revolving acquisition/goodwill financing, corporate Mastercards) under the 246 Facility Term Sheet, Drayton Term Sheet and North Van Term Sheet; secured by General Security Agreements (PPSA fixed and floating charge over all present and future goods, inventory, intangibles, accounts receivable and undertaking - e.g. Coast Auto Drayton Inc. GSA dated 09/06/2023) and unlimited guarantees from 246, Coast Drayton Valley, Coast North Van, Sundeep Cheema, Deepak (Dean) Parmar, and Deerfoot Atria Partners Ltd. Individual facility limits (not balances) included: 246 non-revolving loan up to $3,953,000; Drayton operating $1,000,000, new flooring $10,000,000 (combined new-flooring ceiling $35,000,000 with Coast North Van), used flooring $5,000,000 (combined used-flooring ceiling $10,000,000), goodwill facility $1,809,524, Mastercard $100,000; North Van operating $1,000,000, new flooring $15,000,000, used flooring $5,000,000, goodwill facility $2,261,905, Mastercard $100,000 (aggregate facility total stated as $23,361,905, or $28,661,905 including temporary authorizations).
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CiteProceedings., “Coast Automotive Group Inc. et al.” (CCAA), Court of King's Bench of Alberta. Retrieved 20 September 2026, https://proceedings.ca/case/coast-automotive-group-inc-et-al

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