Ted Mildon, Matt Saunders and Drew Gilbertson are pleased to announce the sale of 2403 Main Street in Vancouver. The property consists of 8,000 square feet of retail on the main floor and 12 apartment units on the second floor. Colliers represented both purchaser and vendor in this transaction.

For more information on this sale please contact Ted Mildon.

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%.

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.

The Mr. Lube property on Arbutus Street in the Westside area of Vancouver has sold for $4,380,000. The property is located at the corner of West 12th Avenue on a 75′ x 125′ site and is zoned C-8, commercial.

David Taylor of Colliers is pleased to have acted in the sale of 3744 Canada Way, a single-tenant retail building located on Canada Way near Boundary Road in Burnaby. The purchase price was $2,900,000. The property is occupied by a local retailer, Charlie’s Chocolate Factory.