Distressed properties commercial real estate services

Avison Young’s distressed property team has the extensive technical knowledge and expertise to manage, value, lease, market and sell your distressed properties to minimize risk, and maximize proceeds.

From receivership to management, leasing and disposition, corporate and asset strategy to implementation we cover a full-range of services. Our expert appraisers and knowledgeable brokers provide detailed appraisal studies and concise Broker Opinions of Value reports and Broker Pricing Opinions.

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Our key service lines to aid in distressed asset situations:

Valuation and Advisory Services
Business Consulting & Advisory Services
Real Estate Management Services
Project Management Services
Real Estate Consulting & Advisory Services
Leasing Strategy & Agency Services
Property Tax Appeal
Capital Markets, Debt Services, & Investment Sales

Experts in all asset classes, specializing in:

Asset and portfolio strategy
Accredited appraisal & valuation services
Receivership and judicial/court-ordered sale listing services
Listing proposals and broker opinions of value
Licensed property management services to assist receivers
Advisory services for insolvency, workouts and restructuring (businesses, assets/real estate and debt)
Expert witness testimony and litigation support in court or arbitration
Corporate real estate strategy including workplace, industrial and retail footprint optimization

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Structured to support your distressed property, no matter the scope.

Our services are aligned to offer full or partial support of your unique distressed property experience.

01 Understand your asset
Analyze and value distressed property situations and provide solutions to align with your business and real estate needs.

02 Take control and stabilize
Complete property administration, project management and maintenance takeover.

03 Create value
Discover and resolve unknown issues and disputes to better position your asset in the market.

04 Disposition / exit
Strategic disposition and exit strategies to effectively market and sell your assets for maximum value.

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Distressed property services news and updates

Avison Young named to Fast Company’s “World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2025”

April 8, 2025

Office Busyness Index recognized for “painting a data-driven picture of where return-to-office really stands”

Toronto, Chicago, London – Global real estate advisor Avison Young has been ranked number seven out of 50 to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2025, in the Urban Development and Real Estate category for its office utilization dashboard – the U.S. Office Busyness Index. Fast Company’s editors and reporters based their selections on a combination of innovation and impact factors that companies are having around the globe.

“We are extremely proud to once again be listed in Fast Company’s World’s ‘Most Innovative Companies’ list for our mobility index,” said Mark Rose, Chair and CEO of Avison Young. “Avison Young’s U.S. Office Busyness Index is a differentiating tool that empowers our clients to make well-informed decisions about their real estate investments with greater transparency. With the great work of our Market Intelligence team, we will continue to lead the way with nuanced data-driven capabilities for enhanced client advisory at the local and national levels.”

Avison Young launched the Office Busyness Index in July 2024. The mobility index tracks office utilization through approximately 4,000 office properties across the U.S. in more than 40 markets. The combination of proprietary Avison Young Technologies products, exceptional analysis and insight from our Market Intelligence professionals, and anonymized mobility data from Placer.ai make this innovative resource the most reliable indicator of office utilization in the U.S. today. It enables the firm to provide enhanced, data-driven support to clients by painting a clear picture of where return-to-office truly stands.

“This is an exciting recognition that reinforces that the Office Busyness Index is an innovative tool that provides reliable data and insights on office utilization. This carefully curated data offers a better understanding of the dynamic of how people are choosing to live and work in today’s evolving environment,” added Jennifer Rosenak, Principal, U.S. Director of Market Intelligence. “Our mission is to provide fresh and innovative approaches leveraging a combination of data and technology to guide clients and help solve their challenges and future-proof their business strategies.”

Fast Company also selected Avison Young in 2022 for its Most Innovative Companies list based on the firm’s Vitality Index which tracked daily foot traffic in major cities and leading industries located in 20+ different markets across North America, allowing for real-time access to comparisons to pre-pandemic levels of activity in an effort to guide companies and investors through uncertain times.

Avison Young creates real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people. As a private company, our clients collaborate with an empowered partner who is invested in their success. Our integrated talent realizes the full potential of real estate by using global intelligence platforms that provide clients with insights and advantage. Together, we can create healthy, productive workplaces for employees, cities that are centers for prosperity for their citizens, and built spaces and places that create a net benefit to the economy, the environment and the community.

Avison Young is a 2024 winner of the Canada's Best Managed Companies Platinum Club designation, having retained its Best Managed designation for 13 consecutive years.

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