Values for retail properties in East Vancouver have largely been driven by rents in increasingly populated areas such as Main Street, Commercial Drive and East Hastings Street. Properties with strong tenant covenants in East Vancouver should achieve strong valuations with cap rates even below 5.00%.

A 23-unit retail/apartment building in the Collingwood area of East Vancouver has sold for $6,825,000, or $296,700 per unit. The cap rate was 4.0%. The building is about 10 years old and has 4 retail CRU’s on the ground floor and 19 apartment units above. The building was listed for sale for $6,980,000.

The Freedman Shoes building on South Granville has sold for $7,900,000, or $1,175 per SF. The 6,726 SF building is located on the West side of Granville between West 12th and West 13th Avenues. The building has a current net operating income of $282,000 equating to a 3.6% cap rate.

Colliers International has acted on behalf of the Vendor in the sale of 1445 West Georgia Street, a six storey 32,490 SF office building on a 10,800 SF site located in Coal Harbour in Downtown Vancouver. This site is a redevelopment property under the existing DD zoning, which allows residential up to 6.0 FSR. The purchase price was $15,250,000, representing $469 per SF for the building, or $235 per SF of buildable area.

Coquitlam multifamily assets have shown a steady increase in value over the past 5 years as cap rates for apartment buildings have dropped across the region. This market is predominantly characterized by low-rise buildings. The average sales value over the past five years in this market is about $125,000, a value range that is consistent with areas such as East Vancouver and New Westminster.