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Occupancy affects hotel value because each additional occupied room night brings in room revenue while costing only the variable expense of serving that guest, so a change in occupancy moves…

To value commercial land in Ontario, an appraiser or buyer compares the site with recent sales of similar land, tests the answer against what a developer could afford to pay…

Office leases affect property value because, for an investment building, the leases are the income, and every clause that changes how much rent is collected, for how long and at…

To buy a hotel in Ontario, an investor or operator has to underwrite a business as much as a building: the hotel's revenue depends on occupancy, rates, brand, management and…

Environmental due diligence is the single most important part of buying or selling a gas station in Ontario, because fuel storage and dispensing create a realistic possibility of petroleum contamination…

A commercial land due diligence checklist in Ontario has to answer a different set of questions from a checklist for an income property: not "what does it earn?" but "what…

To buy industrial property in Mississauga, a buyer needs to match a building's physical specifications to the operation, confirm that the zoning and official plan designation permit the intended use,…

Commercial real estate investment in Oakville requires understanding a market with established employment areas, retail corridors, offices, multi-residential buildings and large planned growth areas, all governed by a planning framework…

Gas station real estate value and gas station business value are two different numbers, and one of the most common reasons fuel property deals are mispriced is that the two…

Vacancy affects office building value more sharply than most owners expect, because a vacant floor removes both the rent it would have paid and the share of operating costs that…