Executive Summary
Michael Taylor is a Partner in BDO's Toronto office who specializes in the valuation and appraisal of business and real estate assets. He has over 10 years of professional experience providing advisory services to senior financial executives and business owners, with significant experience in the real estate sector.
He has led valuation and fair value review assignments for large public and private companies in Canada and the U.S., with clients including:
- Allied REIT
- Almadev Inc.
- Automotive Properties REIT
- BMO
- Choice Properties REIT
- Laurentian Bank
- Manulife
- Northam Realty
- Panattoni
- RBC
- RioCan REIT
- Slate European Real Estate LP
- TD Bank
- True North Commercial REIT
As part of his role, Michael assists clients in supporting value opinions on real assets across Canada and the U.S. He has provided educated opinions for many different asset classes including industrial, retail, multi-family, hotels, vacant land, and office buildings. He also provides management consulting portfolio analysis, acquisition and divestiture of assets, financial due diligence, financial modelling, valuation and market yield, and incremental borrowing support under IFRS 16 for real estate clients.
Michael is actively involved in industry thought leadership related to real estate portfolio premiums and discounts, valuation of development projects, and inherent or embedded costs assessments for large real estate holding companies.