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    Franchise Real Estate in Canada — Buy, Sell, and Lease with Summit

    Franchise real estate is a specialty inside commercial real estate. It covers buying a location for a new franchise, selling an existing franchise, and negotiating the lease that ties the two together. Summit REALTORS focus on this work every day.

    • Local market knowledge in every major Canadian city
    • Real franchise deal experience — not general commercial work
    • End-to-end help: search, lease, sale, transfer

    What Summit does — and doesn’t

    Summit is a real estate brokerage specialising in franchise locations across Canada. We help you secure, hold, and exit the real estate underneath your franchise. We are not a franchise consultant or recruiter.

    We handle

    • Site search and site approval coordination for your franchise locations
    • Commercial lease review, negotiation, and renewal
    • Resale brokerage when it’s time to sell — confidential marketing, buyer prequalification, lease assignment
    • Coordination with the landlord, lender, lawyer, and franchisor real estate team

    We don’t handle

    • Franchise applications, brand approval, or franchisor selection criteria
    • Training, supply chain, operations, or marketing programs — those stay with the franchisor
    • Picking a brand for you — that’s a business decision we’ll respect, not influence

    Why work with a franchise specialist?

    Most agents handle homes, condos, or general commercial space. Franchise deals are different. You are working with a franchisor, a landlord, and a lender at the same time, and the lease terms can make or break the business. Summit REALTORS know what each side is looking for and how to move a deal forward without the usual surprises.

    How franchise real estate works

    1. 1

      Tell us what you need

      Buying, selling, or leasing — we start with a free call to understand the brand, the budget, and the city.

    2. 2

      Match the right location

      We pull listings, off-market deals, and lease opportunities that fit the brand's site criteria.

    3. 3

      Negotiate the lease and sale

      We work directly with the franchisor, landlord, and your lawyer to lock in clean terms.

    4. 4

      Close and hand over the keys

      We stay involved through closing, transfer, and any landlord consents along the way.

    Who this is for

    New franchisees opening their first location. Experienced multi-unit owners adding stores. Franchisees ready to exit and sell. Landlords looking for franchise tenants. If any of that sounds like you, you are in the right place.

    Coldwell Banker Summit Realty, Brokerage
    Your Franchise Real Estate Team

    Coldwell Banker Summit Realty — Franchise Real Estate Practice

    Coldwell Banker franchise · Licensed in Ontario

    Coldwell Banker Summit Realty, Brokerage runs a dedicated franchise real estate practice serving operators across Canada. We handle the operator-side real estate work on franchise deals — securing sites at the start, reviewing and negotiating commercial leases, and brokering the exit when it is time to sell. Backed by the Coldwell Banker brand, an independently owned and operated franchise with deep commercial and residential reach, our team reads a lease the way the operator does, scopes a site the way the franchisor does, and structures the exit the way the buyer will underwrite it.

    • Operator-side franchise real estate across food, retail, hospitality, fitness, and service categories
    • Site selection, lease review, and lease negotiation aligned to franchisor criteria
    • Resale brokerage, location takeovers, new-build site work, and sale-leaseback structuring
    • Backed by Coldwell Banker — an established global real estate brand and franchise network
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    Frequently asked questions

    Quick, honest answers to what franchise buyers and sellers ask us most.

    Franchise real estate covers the buying, selling, and leasing of physical locations used by franchise businesses. It blends commercial real estate with franchise rules. A specialist agent handles the lease, the site search, and the transfer process at the same time.

    You are not required to use one, but most franchisees who skip this step regret it. The lease terms, site approvals, and brand requirements are not standard. A franchise REALTOR catches problems before they become expensive.

    Summit focuses on franchise work full time. We have direct contact with national franchisors, commercial landlords, and lenders who fund franchise deals. We also help with the parts general agents skip — like landlord consents, royalty transfers, and equipment lists.

    On a sale, the seller pays the commission, same as a home sale. On a lease, the landlord pays the commission. You pay nothing extra on top of the deal. We confirm the exact terms before any contract is signed.

    Summit works across the Greater Toronto Area first — Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Markham, Hamilton — and is expanding to other Ontario cities. If you have a deal outside Ontario, contact us and we will let you know if we can help.

    Ready to talk about your franchise deal?

    Book a free call with a Summit franchise specialist. No pressure, just clear answers.

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