BRITISH COLUMBIA

Fall 2021 Multi-Family Investment Report

Unprecedented demand for BC multi-family assets in first-half 2021 obliterates previous sales records

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Market Overview

Unprecedented demand for BC multi-family assets in the first six months of 2021 led to an astonishing 78 sales valued at more than $1.9B – obliterating the previous annual record of 85 sales valued at $1.51B set in 2018.

Value of BC multi-family sales

(greater than $5M)

Regional review

Investment activity in BC multi-family assets is increasingly occuring outside of Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver

As home to the majority of the province’s 5.1 million residents, Metro Vancouver remains the epicentre of BC’s multi-family investment market.

Vancouver Island

Victoria, its suburbs and Vancouver Island play a substantial role in BC’s multi-family investment market. Apartment sales in Vancouver Island communities, particularly Victoria, first increased notably in terms of deal and dollar volume in 2014.

BC Interior

BC’s Okanagan Valley, including the cities of Kelowna, Vernon and Penticton, along with the central interior city of Kamloops, remain popular with multi-family investors due to their rising populations, higher yields and typically more business-friendly municipal governments.

Recent transactions

completed by our Avison Young Vancouver multi-family team

SOLD

North Vancouver Land Assembly

215 E 16th Street, 1540 St. Georges Avenue, 235 E 16th Avenue, Vancouver

One of the largest Central Lonsdale land assemblies in 2021.

SOLD

Nanaimo Portfolio

1480 Boundary Crescent, 430 Stewart Avenue, 1529 & 1595 Boundary Crescent, Vancouver

One of the largest portfolio transactions on Vancouver Island in 2021.

SOLD

The Tallinn at 1155 Beach Avenue

1155 Beach Avenue, Vancouver

"One of the biggest multi-family deals in Vancouver for 2021" - Western Investor

SOLD

Hedstrom House

1060 Goldstream Avenue, Langford

119 brand new rental apartment units

SOLD

Glen Valley Grove

3147, 3149 & 3151 Aggregate Court, Langford

274 brand new rental apartment units spread across three buildings

SOLD

Lakeview Pointe

3623 Elliott Road, Kelowna

193 brand new rental apartment units

SOLD

Deltita Gardens

8507 120th Street, Delta

Record setting Delta transaction

SOLD

Queen Anne Place

1255 West 14th Avenue, Vancouver

61-unit concrete rental building with excess infill development potential in South Granville

SOLD

Park Lane Towers

1825 Haro Street, Vancouver

90-unit concrete rental apartment building Vancouver’s highly desirable West End – one of Canada’s most popular rental districts

Contact our multi-family team

Rob Greer*

Principal 604.647.5084 robert.greer@avisonyoung.com

#1 Producer for Avison Young Canada 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020

*Personal Real Estate Corporation

Chris Wieser

Principal 604.647.5089 chris.wieser@avisonyoung.com

Carey Buntain

Executive Vice President 604.647.1352 carey.buntain@avisonyoung.com

Bijan Lalji

Associate 604.757.1115 bijan.lalji@avisonyoung.com

FALL 2021 | BRITISH COLUMBIA

Multi-Family Investment Report

METRO VANCOUVER

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