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Canada Retail Rent Survey H2 2025
CBRE’s H2 2025 Retail Rent Survey presents a snapshot of retail trends and rents for 11 cities across Canada.
As the #1 global retail real estate leasing services firm, CBRE Retail leverages a combination of integrated solutions, unique insight and unmatched experience to deliver successful outcomes for retailers, restauranteurs, investors, owners and developers.
CBRE Retail is aligned with the best brands and companies in the world and can serve clients both large and small. We collaborate across geographic borders and service lines to deliver the complete spectrum of strategic real estate services. We have deep roots in cities and towns across Canada and have unmatched experience with high-street urban environments, power centres, grocery anchored, neighbourhood strip, outlet and mall formats. Our retail professionals, unsurpassed in their local market expertise, are supported by industry-leading economic forecasting, market research and specialized expertise.
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Trusted advice and actionable plans:
Analytics
- Demographic/socioeconomic data
- Vehicular, pedestrian and transit patterns
- Mass mobile/consumer profiles
- Market analysis/feasibility studies
- Co-tenancy/ competitor analysis
Strategy
- Gross occupancy cost planning
- Co-tenancy and competitor considerations
- Financial analysis
- White space growth, repositioning, consolidation, roll up
- Lease acquisition/disposition
Implementation
- Local, national, international coverage
- Unique playbook creation based on your needs
- A suite of proprietary tools to assist in successful execution
- Site selection, negotiation, support for opening
- Renewals, subleases, carve outs, buyouts, early termination
Landlord Representation
We help build your story; then take your story to the market - locally, nationally and globally. This helps us to strategically and effectively market your property, whether for lease or sale, to maximize its current or future value.
Our singular focus on the retail sector provides us with deep understanding of the emerging trends and existing gaps in the market. We then translate this knowledge into securing the right tenant to create vibrant and sustainable retail assets that generate consistent income and, ultimately, add value to your property.
Our local, national and global reach gives your retail assets wide exposure to the industry's deepest pool of retailers and investors, ensuring no stone goes unturned when finding you the right solution.
Tenant Representation
Our local, national and global reach gives your retail assets wide exposure to the industry's deepest pool of retailers and investors, ensuring no stone goes unturned when finding you the right solution.We provide tenant representation and real estate consulting to local, national and international retailers. We assist retailers in securing the best sites, at the right time and in the ideal geography to correspond with their larger business objectives – whether that requirement is a single store or multiple sites for national or international expansion.
Our proven retail professionals are dedicated to providing clients with powerful and insightful market knowledge, flexibility and hands-on service. Our professionals truly understand the dynamics of the retail business, from product merchandising and assortment, to store design and advertising right through to identifying target customer segments.
Through our local relationships and powerful real-time data, we anticipate and overcome real estate challenges and help clients capitalize on emerging trends.
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CBRE’s H2 2025 Retail Rent Survey presents a snapshot of retail trends and rents for 11 cities across Canada.
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CBRE’s H1 2025 Retail Rent Survey presents a snapshot of retail trends and rents for 11 cities across Canada.
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