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Commercial real estate decisions are rarely simple, and they are almost never cheap. In Stratford, Ontario, where the market includes a mix of downtown mixed-u…

Property disputes rarely begin with a calm disagreement over numbers. More often, they start when two parties look at the same building, plaza, farm-adjacent i…

Commercial real estate value is rarely obvious from the street. A brick mixed-use building on Ontario Street may look solid and well leased, while a newer indu…

Land looks simple from the road. A vacant parcel on the edge of Stratford, a redevelopment site near a commercial corridor, a few acres with aging improvements…

Stratford has a way of looking straightforward until you start pricing commercial real estate. A downtown mixed-use building with retail at grade and apartment…

Stratford is often discussed through the lens of tourism, hospitality, and heritage streetscapes, but anyone active in commercial real estate here knows that t…

Financing a commercial property is rarely just about the borrower’s balance sheet. Lenders want to know what the real estate is worth, how stable that value is…

Commercial property value is rarely a simple number pulled from a spreadsheet. In St. Thomas, Ontario, it is often the product of local leasing conditions, bui…