Commercial real estate capital markets
Strategic value creation for investment opportunities
As a trusted advisor to owners and occupiers, our capital markets team offers comprehensive real estate transaction services globally. Buying and selling real estate isn’t just about the transaction. It’s about the insight and intelligence that goes into the execution of the strategy.
That’s why we leverage our deep market knowledge with precise underwriting and creative marketing to provide our clients with best in class capital markets services.
Connect with my local capital markets advisorOur capital markets group offers comprehensive real estate transaction services to a global client base. A trusted advisor to real estate owners and operators for more than 30 years, we source investment opportunities and provide investment sales execution for clients in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Asia.
We’re creative in our approach to bring you intelligent acquisition and disposition solutions. Looking beyond the transaction, our team is able to source future opportunities to maximize returns and value.
We combine our local, national and international experience with the best multi-disciplinary team and leading market intelligence to gain exceptional access to both domestic and international buyers seeking investment and development opportunities. We have also built valuable relationships bringing off-market investment and sales transactions to private and institutional clients.
We specialize in innovative debt financing solutions, giving our clients maximum flexibility for their transactions.
Investment sales/portfolio sales
- Investment advisory
- Acquisition services
- Corporate finance, including sale/leaseback
- Asset marketing and disposition
- Asset recapitalization
- Market research
- Strategic consulting, valuation and appraisal
- Transaction management, due diligence, financial analysis
- Joint venture advisory and equity raises
Debt and mortgage services
- Credit tenant lease structured finance
- Conventional and CMHC-insured loans
- Mezzanine financings
- Second mortgages
- Portfolio financings
- Bridge financings
- Participating loan
- Construction and term mortgages
- Credit facilities

Canada’s office investment scene is poised for action
In Q1 2026, office transactions represented 19% of total sales volume, which is an improvement from the 2020 to 2025 period, but remains well-below the 26% level of the 2014-2019 cycle. This small increase conceals a major shift in transactions focused on quality, which began last year. This flight-to-quality is a key differentiator from past market cycles.

Canadian cap rate and investment trends
The first edition of Avison Young’s quarterly investment and cap rate trends report. We pledge to deliver comprehensive market insights to navigate in this period of limited transaction activity and uncertain market conditions.
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