Mainstreet Team Member Profile: Mehran Saadat

Position at MEQ: Regional Manager – Saskatoon

Grew up in: Dubai, UAE & Halifax, NS

Education: Master of Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Causes I support: Canadian Diabetes Association, UNICEF Canada, Let’s Fight Racism, Solar Nova Scotia

Favorite food: Chelow Kabab, Ghormeh Sabzi (both Persian foods)

Hobbies: Reading books, Hiking, Soccer

Like to read: Comedy and History Books mostly

Dogs/Cats? – Not a pet person

Favorite 3 movies – Mission Impossible, The Dark Knight and The Green Mile

Favorite 5 places to travel – Gerash (Iran), Dubai (UAE), Istanbul (Turkey), Venice (Italy), Paris (France)

Top 5 places on my bucket list – India, China, Brazil, Hawaii, Los Angeles

Favorite TV Shows: The Walking Dead, Family Feud, Idiot Test

Tidbits about me: I have performed a lot of scientific experiments at Dal. Results/Papers are published on famous Journals (Elsevier, APS, Harvard University linked my paper to Physica C). Flew to Japan to share my results with World scientists on Densely Mapping phase Diagram of Superconductors.

Star wars or Star Trek? Star Wars

Theater or a movie? Movie

Hike or bike? Hike

Travel by plane, train or automobile? I have not had the chance to travel by train but really like the idea.

Go climbing or zip lining? Zip lining

Camp in an RV or stay in a tent? Stay in a tent

If you could do anything you wanted right now, what would it be? Help people in need

Would you rather vacation in Hawaii or Alaska and why? Hawaii, Relaxing, Warm Weather!

What kitchen appliance do you use every day? Fridge

What’s the most unusual thing you’ve ever eaten? Eaten Baked Goat’s Tongue

Are you related or distantly related to anyone famous? No

Does your family have a ‘motto’ spoken or unspoken? Hard Work Pays

If you could be a mythical animal, which one would it be? Centaur

Do you play a musical instrument, if so which one(s)? No

Can you change a tire? In urgent cases yes.

Have you ever cut your own hair? Once, not good results. Had to shave all.

Mainstreet Equity Corp. is a publicly traded (TSX: MEQ) residential real estate company in Canada. Mainstreet currently owns and operates properties in Surrey, BC; New Westminster, BC; Abbotsford, BC; Calgary, AB; Cochrane, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Edmonton, AB; Fort Saskatchewan, AB; and Saskatoon, SK.

Mainstreet provides affordable, renovated apartment suites to Canadians, and is committed to creating real value without diluting shareholder interests.