PRAXIS Healthcare Real Estate represents landlords, plaza owners, and developers across Ontario and Alberta who want to lease space to physicians, dental practices, pharmacies, diagnostic operators, and allied health tenants. We sit on the healthcare demand side every day, so we know who is looking, what they need, and what they will sign.
A clinic is not a tenant that packs up at renewal. Physicians, dentists, and diagnostic operators invest heavily in plumbing, rooms, equipment, and patient-facing finishes, and their patients learn the address. That makes healthcare one of the most durable tenancies a plaza or office building can carry, and a medical anchor brings daily, needs-based visits that support every other tenant on site.
The catch is that clinical tenants are demanding. They need the right zoning and permitted use, accessible entries, close parking, servicing to each room, and lease terms that recognize their build-out. Owners who market medical space like ordinary retail tend to attract the wrong enquiries, or sign leases that create problems later.
PRAXIS is a healthcare-only brokerage led by Mya Qi, MPH. Because most of our week is spent with practitioners searching for space (specialists, family physicians, dental and orthodontic groups, pharmacies, physiotherapy and rehab, diagnostic imaging, veterinary), we bring landlords something a generalist listing agent cannot: a live read on who is actually in the market, and what they will pay for.
Zoning and permitted use, parking, accessibility, plumbing, electrical and HVAC capacity. We tell you plainly which clinical uses the space can carry.
Demising, suite plans, and a TI and fixturing strategy sized to the tenants you want, without over-building on spec.
Physicians, dental groups, pharmacies, diagnostic, allied health, and veterinary operators who are actively looking, plus a listing on the PRAXIS properties platform.
Practice history, ownership, billing base, and build-out capacity reviewed before you commit to a long term.
Use clauses, exclusivity, TI, fixturing periods, signage, after-hours HVAC, and assignment on practice sale, structured to protect the asset.
Anchored and unanchored plazas where a medical anchor, pharmacy, or clinic cluster can replace soft retail and bring daily, needs-based traffic.
Suburban and mid-rise office with elevators, accessible entries, and parking, re-positioned for physicians, dental, and allied health.
Existing MOBs with rollover, vacancy, or a tenant mix that needs rebalancing.
New business-park and mixed-use condo projects selling or leasing units to clinical owner-occupiers.
Land and proposed buildings that need committed healthcare tenants before construction financing.
Units with clear height for rehab, pediatric therapy, veterinary, and specialty uses where zoning allows.
Who is looking right now: see active tenant and buyer requirements from healthcare clients PRAXIS represents.
Current mandate: PRAXIS is pre-leasing a proposed purpose-built healthcare building at an anchored retail plaza in Brantford, up to 20,000 SF with flexible demising for a physician, pharmacy, dental, and allied health tenant mix. Regional guides for Ontario: Toronto, Peel Region, Halton Region, Hamilton, York Region, Durham Region, Brantford. Alberta: Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie & Northern Alberta, Lethbridge & Southern Alberta.
Start by confirming the zoning permits medical and clinic uses, then plan suites and a realistic tenant improvement budget, then market directly to healthcare operators rather than waiting for walk-in enquiries. PRAXIS runs that process end to end for landlords across Ontario and Alberta.
Most clinical tenants need barrier-free access, close parking, plumbing to each exam or operatory room, adequate electrical capacity, and HVAC that can handle longer hours and equipment loads. Dental and diagnostic uses add requirements such as compressed air, vacuum, and in some cases radiation shielding. PRAXIS assesses the space before it goes to market.
Healthcare tenants typically sign longer terms, invest heavily in their build-out, and draw steady, needs-based visits that support the rest of a plaza. A practice that has spent significant capital fitting out a clinic rarely leaves at renewal. The trade-off is a more demanding build-out and lease, which is where healthcare-specific representation matters.
It depends on the condition of the space, the term, the tenant's covenant, and the market. Base-building items such as washrooms, accessible entries, and HVAC capacity are often the landlord's contribution, while clinical fit-out is shared or funded by the tenant. PRAXIS benchmarks the ask against comparable healthcare deals before you respond.
Yes. PRAXIS pre-leases proposed and under-construction healthcare buildings, including anchor recruitment and tenant mix planning. The Brantford anchored-plaza healthcare building is a current example.
It can, with proper disclosure. PRAXIS discloses in writing who it represents before any agreement is signed, and if it works with both the landlord and the tenant on the same deal, both parties are told upfront and the arrangement is handled as Ontario or Alberta rules require. Either party can choose separate representation.
Across Ontario and Alberta. Regional guides: Toronto, Peel Region, Halton Region, Hamilton, York Region, Durham Region, Brantford in Ontario; Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie and Northern Alberta, Lethbridge and Southern Alberta in Alberta. PRAXIS also works in Ottawa and secondary markets across both provinces.