Selling Commercial Property: Parking Evidence in Alberta

1. Build the source register

Index titles, registered instruments, survey and condominium plans, development permits, approved site plans, parking studies, leases, licences, tenant schedules, operating policies, EV records and current photographs. Record source date, scope and affected area.

Do not select the largest historic count or combine legal, approved and observed spaces into one number.

• Claim
• Source
• Effective date
• Area and user
• Status
• Correction action

2. Reconcile the marketed count

Show legal property or rights, municipal approval, physical markings, tenant or third-party allocation and current operational availability as separate columns. Explain visitor, accessible, fleet, tandem, loading, snow and shared spaces.

If the count changes by source, disclose the reason or qualify the public claim pending review. An approximate label does not cure an unsupported statement.

3. Resolve off-site and shared parking

Identify every space on another title or common property and collect the agreement supporting use. Record term, renewal, termination, cost, permitted users, peak-hour restrictions, maintenance and transfer on sale.

Historic cooperation or unused neighbouring land is not a transferable property right. Counsel should assess the legal instrument and sale consequences.

4. Reconcile loading and service access

Map curb access, gates, drive aisles, turning, docks, grade doors, waste, deliveries, fire routes and snow storage. Match current operation to approved plans, tenant rights and physical clearances.

Market dock or grade loading only with the corresponding route and control evidence. A door alone does not establish usable truck access.

5. Control accessibility claims

Index accessible stalls, access aisles, signage and paths with the relevant plans, permits, inspections and professional review. Keep current field observations separate from code conclusions.

Use precise, sourced wording. Avoid accessible building or compliant parking as a blanket marketing claim unless the qualified scope supports it.

6. Substantiate EV statements

Record charger quantity, ownership, energized and operating status, stall rights, power and network service, billing, maintenance and transferable contracts. For future capacity, provide the qualified electrical evidence and approval status.

Use installed, operational, available and expansion-ready only when each status is separately supported.

7. Prepare controlled diligence

Place source plans and instruments in the appropriate data-room tier, protect tenant and access information, log recipient access and retain questions and corrections. Provide site access under safe, occupancy-aware protocols.

A buyer or lender may require its own survey, planning, accessibility, engineering or legal review. The owner record supports verification; it does not guarantee acceptance.

8. Preserve corrections through closing

Update marketing, offering materials, Q&A, agreements and closing deliverables when a material parking or loading fact changes. Preserve the prior statement, correction date, source and recipients notified.

Commercially coordinates licensed commercial real estate search, marketing and transaction evidence. It does not determine title rights, interpret a lease or easement, approve a development, certify parking or loading compliance, design circulation or accessibility, or provide surveying, planning, architectural, engineering, appraisal, tax or legal advice. Commercially can build a source-controlled campaign and qualified inquiry path without turning owner-supplied parking information into a legal or technical certification.