Brett Taggart*
Vice President
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Brett Taggart is a Vice President with CBRE’s Toronto North office, specializing in retail investment sales and advisory across the Greater Toronto Area and Ontario.
He focuses on the disposition and valuation of grocery-anchored plazas, necessity-based retail centres, and mixed-use assets, advising private investors, REITs, and institutional owners on strategies to maximize value and liquidity. Brett is actively involved in retail property sales in Toronto and across Ontario, with a particular emphasis on assets anchored by leading national tenants including grocery, pharmacy, and daily-needs retailers.
Brett plays a lead role throughout the transaction lifecycle, including underwriting, pricing strategy, market positioning, and execution, combining real-time market data, investor targeting, and competitive bidding processes to drive premium outcomes. His approach is highly data-driven and execution-focused, designed to generate depth of demand and compress cap rates.
Working within one of Canada’s leading retail investment teams, Brett collaborates with clients on single-asset dispositions, portfolio sales, and programmatic initiatives, including identifying severance opportunities, outparcel strategies, and value-add repositioning opportunities for large-format retail portfolios.
He brings a strong understanding of tenant covenant strength, lease structures, and capital markets dynamics, allowing him to provide clear, actionable advice on timing, pricing, and buyer positioning. Brett is known for delivering practical strategies that align with investor demand and evolving retail fundamentals across the Ontario market.
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Search PropertiesThe Retail Investment Group of Sean Comiskey, Brad Walford and Brett Taggart specialize in Retail Investment acquisitions, dispositions, and Landlord services.
The Retail Investment Group specializes in the acquisition and disposition of retail plazas and single tenant investment properties across Ontario. The team provides solutions to investors and developers looking to buy or sell stabilized retail assets or value creation opportunities. The Retail Investment Group is led by Brad Walford and Sean Comiskey. With over 20 years of combined experience and an extensive property database from across the province, the team is able to seek out opportunities that cater to the preferences of each of their clients and have instant access to a qualified pool of investors.
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We’ve worked with CBRE for over a decade in various markets across Canada. Brad and his team have provided exceptional results in the most challenging market conditions and bring with them a level of professionalism and initiative that are consistent with our values at Queenscorp.
We recently worked with CBRE’s Retail Investment Group for the sale of an asset in Brampton. The CBRE platform combined with Brad, Sean & Brett’s thorough and specialized approach resulted in outstanding results. They have become a truly valued and trusted partner for Crestpoint Real Estate Investments.
Major Clients
- The Beer Store
- Loblaws
- CIBC
- Scotiabank
- TD
- Infrastructure Ontario
- Plaza REIT
- Crestpoint
- Old Stonehenge
- Queenscorp
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