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Commercial property decisions rarely hinge on instinct alone. When a lender asks for support on value, when partners disagree on a buyout figure, or when an ow…

Commercial real estate can look deceptively simple from the outside. A building has tenants, rent comes in, expenses go out, and the investor collects the spre…

Office and retail properties look straightforward from the street. A tidy storefront on Ontario Street or a professional office building near the core can appe…

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…

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…

Timing matters more in commercial real estate than most owners expect. I have seen two nearly identical properties in the same market produce very different ou…

Commercial real estate decisions rarely fail because someone ignored the obvious. They fail because someone relied on a number that looked reasonable, passed i…

Commercial real estate decisions are rarely simple, especially in a market like St. Thomas, Ontario, where local growth, industrial activity, redevelopment pre…