property & land advisory services
Valuation - Highest Best Use - Advisory - Brokerage - Leasing - Sale - Purchase - Development*
TCF works with a large network of licensed Real Estate Professionals who can help your congregation or organization to sell, lease or purchase a church property, congruent with your charity’s vision and values. Through this network of partner and supervising brokers and agents across Canada, TCF can help congregations and investors to navigate the complex world of the sale, lease or purchase of a church property.
Through partnership and management of independent property valuations, our highest best use analysis team helps you align both your fiduciary duty (maximum financial return) and charitable objectives (maximum social and environmental impact) in the earliest stages of a potential property sale or purchase. Often as part of our Investment Readiness Program or before, during or after other stakeholder activities, TCF can help you to manage the complexities of congregational and neighbourhood hopes, along with the practicalities of specific property opportunities - and their associated pitfalls.
In our unique charity + license model, we ensure that congregations receive the best quality, independent representation, assisted by our collegial team of national associates.
THE TCF DIFFERENCE
Canada has many skilled and dedicated real estate professionals, but only a select few have the experience and perspective to be selected for TCF’s property advisory programme. By engaging your agent through TCF, your congregation can help connect its financial and missional objectives.
Team
National - Cory de Villiers
Ontario - David Chong
Alberta - Steven Pearson
Quebec - Pedro de Carvalho
Legal - Julie Favreau-Lavoie
Experience
In Scarborough, we accompanied a United Church of Canada congregation as it sold its property to its local Boys and Girls Club in conjunction with a vendor-take-back mortgage + a Sunday leaseback.
In Toronto, we accompanied a Unitarian congregation in their purchase and renovatio of a historic community hub, keeping several community tenants in place.
In Brantford, we accompanied an Evangelical church as it sold its property to another church and leased and renovate the new premises of its dreams.
In Stratford, we accompanied a Presbyterian Church of Canada church as it sold its property to a local developer + Sunday leaseback.
In Calgary, accompanied an Evangelical church as it presented a 4 acre development to City Council in a pre-planning application.
In Edmonton we are currently helping a United Church of Canada to prepare its property for development, lease and/or sale.
In Montreal, we accompanied an Anglican Church of Canada congregation as it sold part of its property to the municipality, for public green space.
In Western Ontario, we are accompanying a range of congregations and the Anglican Diocese of Huron, in a variety of property-related activities.
FAQ
Does working with TCF cost us more in commission?
No, TCF’s property network works with industry standard commissions.
Will TCF compel us to sell only to charities?
No, TCF ensures that ‘highest best use’ and ‘charitable’ sales are considered, together.
Does TCF have a wide enough network of potential buyers?
Yes, by working with our network, we ensure connections to Canada’s largest brokerage networks.
Compliance
TCF is a registered charity whose purpose is to help other registered charities navigate the complexities of property ownership and management. All property-related activities undertaken by our charity are done under the supervision of provincially licensed real estate professionals. Participating listing brokers are operating under license from TCF’s Property programme.
Late in 2023, TCF incorporated a new non-profit corporation, the Trinity Centres Real Estate Brokerage Foundation. Throughout 2024, it is TCF’s intention to have this new non-profit recognized as both a registered charity and Ontario-registered real estate brokerage. Until such time as these registrations are completed, TCF’s property-related activities, where they touch upon national and provincial real estate brokerage regulations, are entirely supervised and authorized by registered partner brokers with whom we work.