Robert Brazzell

Managing Director, Ontario Property Tax Services, Colliers Canada

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Robert Brazzell

Managing Director, Ontario Property Tax Services, Colliers Canada

Robert Brazzell is Managing Director, Ontario Property Tax Services at Colliers Canada. He leads a passionate team that assists real estate owners and their tenants in taking a proactive approach in reviewing and reducing their property assessments and taxation. A member of the Law Societies of Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta, and a former Acting Chair of an assessment appeal tribunal, Robert takes an advocacy-first approach when reviewing and appealing property tax assessments. He is a member of NAIOP GTA’s Government Relations Committee and a frequent conference participant as a keynote speaker and panelist.

Inequity of property taxation: What's the cost and what must be done?

Commercial Taxes National Mar. 13 2023

Property taxes are the single largest operating expense for most commercial real estate properties. Canadian property taxes are ad valorem, or market-value based. In other words, within classes of property, higher-valued properties pay more property tax.