Purpose-built medical space in the heart of Brantford
Up to approximately 20,000 SF of ground-floor and second-floor medical and professional office space in one proposed building, sited east or west of the FreshCo block, within an established grocery-anchored plaza. Turnkey build-out available. Occupancy in 12 to 16 months.
50 Market Street South sits where Brantford's commercial core meets the residential neighbourhoods south of it, minutes from Brantford General Hospital and Highway 403.
Available~20,000SF
One building, east or west siting, demisable from ~1,000 SF
On-site parking424spaces
Available even on arena event nights
Occupancy12–16months
From a signed lease
ApprovalsAs ofright
Medical use permitted under LD zoning
02The opportunity
The opportunity
A rare chance to build a practice where demand already outstrips supply.
Brantford is one of Ontario's fastest-growing mid-size cities and one of its most under-served for healthcare. Roughly 10,500 residents have no family physician, and about 28% of the city's family doctors are 60 or older and nearing retirement. Against that demand, new, well-located medical space is scarce.
50 Market Street South answers it directly. This established, FreshCo-anchored plaza offers up to approximately 20,000 square feet of medical and professional office space in a single new building, with ground-floor visibility, second-floor suites, and full flexibility to demise to a single practice or a full floor of complementary providers. The landlord will build to suit, delivered turnkey.
The 12-acre site, framed by Market Street South, Clarence Street South, Icomm Drive and Greenwich Street.
03Market & catchment
Market & catchment
A growing city that needs more care, not less.
Brantford's population reached 104,688 in the 2021 census, 6.2% growth over five years and faster than both the provincial and national rates. The City projects roughly 163,000 residents and 79,000 jobs by 2041. Growth on that trajectory, paired with an aging physician base, points to sustained, structural demand for primary and outpatient care.
1 km trade area
The densest trade area in the Brantford dataset, with an age profile weighted to the two heaviest users of primary care: young families and residents over 65. A 5 km ring captures most of the city's urban population. Full population and age-cohort tables at 1, 3 and 5 km are included in the information package.
Sources: City of Brantford reporting and Ontario Medical Association data. Population figures: Statistics Canada 2021 Census; 2041 projections are City targets.
04Why medical, why here
Why medical, why here
The strongest tenant story in the building is a clinical one.
01
A physician shortage that isn't going away
More than 2.5 million Ontarians lack a family physician and 52% of family doctors report they are considering retiring within five years. Locally that creates durable demand for family medicine, walk-in and community health, the volume-care uses that fill space and stay.
02
A hospital system in active expansion
Brant Community Healthcare System advanced its new-hospital planning through 2025 and 2026, alongside a $32M emergency-department renovation and a planned 9-storey, 440-bed patient tower, a multi-year magnet for adjacent outpatient demand.
03
Medical office is a defensive asset class
Brantford's medical inventory is effectively full: roughly 100% leased across the medical buildings tracked in the city. Healthcare tenants typically sign 7 to 10 year leases and stay put, because their build-outs are expensive to replicate. The building-by-building survey behind that figure is in the information package.
Co-tenancy & exclusivity
No plaza-wide exclusivity restrictions currently encumber the property, so incoming tenants have unusual freedom to secure protective use provisions for their own practice. Two operators should be noted: a pharmacy operates within the FreshCo anchor, and a dental practice is already established on-site. Both are positives: they confirm an active, care-oriented plaza while leaving the exclusivity slate otherwise open.
05Who this building suits
Who this building suits
Twenty-two clinical uses, one address.
The building is being designed now, so the use mix is still open. Below is the range of healthcare and health-adjacent practices the floor plates, plumbing, ceiling heights and parking ratio are being planned to accommodate. If your use is not listed, it is almost certainly still workable. Ask.
Ground floor · volume care and high visibility
Ground floor
Family medicine & family health organization (FHO)
Purpose-built family practice space in Brantford for an FHO, family health team or physician group, sized from a two-physician suite to a full 10,000 SF ground floor.
Family doctor office space Brantford · FHO clinic space · primary care lease
Ground floor
Walk-in & urgent care clinic
Street-visible walk-in clinic space with 424 shared parking spaces and daily grocery-anchor footfall, on a four-lane arterial carrying an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 vehicles per day.
Walk-in clinic space for lease Brantford · urgent care premises
Ground floor
Nurse practitioner-led & community health clinic
Space suited to NP-led clinics, community health centres and Ontario Health Team interprofessional primary care teams, delivered turnkey as a single all-in figure that fits an approved accommodation budget.
NP-led clinic space · community health centre premises · OHT primary care
Ground floor
Pharmacy
Ground-floor pharmacy space adjacent to prescribing tenants, with dedicated frontage and parking. Pharmacy is a permitted use under LD zoning. Note that a pharmacy currently operates within the FreshCo anchor.
Pharmacy space for lease Brantford · dispensary premises · retail pharmacy
Ground floor
Blood collection & specimen collection centre
Draw-station and laboratory specimen collection space with barrier-free access, short-stay parking and co-location beside requisition-generating primary care and specialist tenants.
Blood lab space Brantford · specimen collection centre · LifeLabs / Dynacare style premises
Ground floor
Diagnostic imaging & X-ray
Ground-floor imaging space planned for X-ray, ultrasound, bone mineral density and related modalities, with structural and shielding requirements accommodated at design stage rather than retrofitted.
Diagnostic imaging space Brantford · X-ray and ultrasound clinic · IHF premises
Ground floor
Dental, orthodontics, periodontics & denturist
Operatory-ready dental space with plumbing, compressor and vacuum runs designed in. A general dental practice is already established elsewhere in the plaza, which leaves specialty dental positions open.
Dental office space for lease Brantford · orthodontist · periodontist · denturist clinic
Ground floor
Veterinary clinic
Veterinary clinic space is permitted as of right, and sits naturally beside the existing Pet Valu in the plaza. Kennel, isolation and drainage requirements can be built into the shell.
Veterinary clinic space Brantford · animal hospital premises
Ground floor
Physiotherapy, chiropractic & massage therapy
Open-plan rehab gym space with treatment rooms, sized from approximately 1,500 SF, with barrier-free parking at the door for post-surgical and mobility-limited patients.
Physiotherapy clinic space Brantford · chiropractic office · RMT and rehab space
Ground floor
Optometry & vision care
Optometry space with retail dispensary frontage, pre-test and exam lane layouts planned to your equipment list. Exclusivity for eye care can be discussed at the letter of intent stage.
Optometrist office space Brantford · eye clinic and optical retail
Ground floor
Audiology & hearing clinic
Hearing clinic space with sound-booth structural allowance, in a trade area weighted toward residents over 65.
Audiology clinic space Brantford · hearing aid centre premises
Second floor · specialists, allied health and health-adjacent services
Second floor
Medical specialists & consulting suites
Consulting suites for internal medicine, cardiology, respirology, endocrinology, nephrology, gastroenterology, urology, dermatology, neurology, rheumatology and paediatrics, available full-time or as shared sessional rooms.
Specialist office space Brantford · consulting suite · sessional clinic rooms
Second floor
Community surgical & endoscopy centre
Shell can be built surgical-ready for a licensed community surgical or diagnostic centre, including GI endoscopy, cataract surgery and pain procedures. Brantford currently has no community endoscopy or surgical capacity.
Endoscopy centre space Brantford · community surgical centre · IHF premises
Second floor
Mental health, counselling & psychotherapy
Quiet, acoustically separated therapy offices with a discreet second entrance and separate waiting area, from a single practitioner room to a full group practice floor.
Therapy office space Brantford · psychology and counselling premises · psychotherapy clinic
Second floor
Addiction medicine & opioid agonist treatment
Addiction medicine and rapid access clinic space with the traffic flow, privacy and observation layouts these programs need, designed before construction rather than retrofitted.
Addiction medicine clinic space Brantford · OAT and RAAM clinic premises
Second floor
Medical aesthetics & dermatology
Treatment-room suites with the electrical, ventilation and privacy specifications aesthetics and dermatology practices require, on a floor with its own identity and signage.
Medical spa space Brantford · dermatology clinic · cosmetic clinic premises
Second floor
Chiropody, podiatry & orthotics
Foot care and custom orthotics space with casting and fabrication requirements accommodated, serving a trade area with a high concentration of seniors and diabetes-related demand.
Sleep laboratory, Holter and cardiac testing, and pulmonary function space. Brantford currently has no sleep laboratory capacity, so the referral base is regional rather than local.
Obstetrics, gynaecology and fertility consulting space with ultrasound room provisions and a private patient circulation route.
OB/GYN office space Brantford · women's health clinic · fertility clinic premises
Second floor
Home care, nursing & community services agencies
Administrative and intake space for home and community care providers, nursing agencies, and health-linked social services, with staff parking and transit access at the door.
Home care agency office Brantford · nursing agency premises · community services office
Second floor
Occupational health & medical assessment
Occupational health, independent medical examination, drug and alcohol testing, and driver medical assessment space, with confidential intake and separate waiting.
Occupational health clinic Brantford · IME assessment centre · DOT medical premises
Second floor
Clinical research & medical administration
Clinical trial sites, billing and medical administration companies, digital health operators and health-adjacent professional services, in office space that sits inside a clinical building rather than beside one.
Clinical research site Brantford · medical billing office · health administration space
A $152 million anchor, directly across the street.
The City of Brantford is constructing a 5,235-seat Sports and Entertainment Centre beside the Civic Centre on Market Street South, immediately across from this site. It is the permanent home of the Brantford Bulldogs of the Ontario Hockey League under a 15-year lease with renewal options extending up to 40 years, and it is designed for concerts, trade shows, conferences and community events alongside hockey.
Council approval came with the designation of an entertainment district for the lower downtown and a new civic plaza connecting the venue to the existing Civic Centre. This is public capital, already committed and already in the ground, remaking the streetscape patients will arrive through. For a practice the relevance is straightforward: sustained daytime and evening activity, city investment in the public realm on the frontage, and a catchment that grows without depending on any single private development proceeding.
The Brantford Sports and Entertainment Centre, targeted for completion in 2028.
Project investment$152M
Fixed seats5,235
Target completion2028
Anchor tenancy40yr
New venue space200K SF
07Location & connectivity
Location & connectivity
Central, visible, and easy to reach.
Minutes to Brantford General Hospital and Highway 403, with Laurier's Brantford campus, Conestoga College and the downtown transit terminal in the immediate catchment.
50 Market Street South fronts a four-lane arterial connecting the downtown core with Veterans Memorial Parkway, with quick access to Highway 403 and on to Hamilton, the GTA and the 400-series network. It sits where the commercial core meets the residential neighbourhoods south of it.
Three catchments overlap here: the citywide transit population, Laurier's daytime students and staff, and neighbourhoods now absorbing new multi-family development. The grocery anchor pulls repeat foot traffic, so on-site providers inherit daily exposure to the population they serve.
Connectivity & catchment
Steps from the downtown transit terminal, one block south of the Colborne and Dalhousie couplet, each carrying up to ~10,000 vehicles per day
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 vehicles per day on the Market Street South and Icomm Drive frontage
Minutes from Brantford General Hospital and the core medical cluster, an off-campus diversion node for ambulatory demand
Walking distance to Laurier's campus and downtown employment, with a high-rise at 60 Market Street South next door and a master-planned community at 7 Erie Avenue immediately south
Total on-site spaces424
Parking ratio~4.5/1,000 SF
Barrier-free spaces14
Est. vehicles per day12–15K
08Property at a glance
Property at a glance
An operating plaza, not a promise.
Property specifications for 50 Market Street South, Brantford
Address
50 Market Street South, Brantford, ON
Property type
Grocery-anchored plaza with medical / professional office
Site area
12 acres (4.8 hectares)
Grocery anchor
FreshCo
Existing GLA
94,316 SF, with room to add
Plaza occupancy
Fully tenanted, long-term leases
Available space
One medical building, ~10,000 SF floor plate × 2 floors. Up to ~20,000 SF total, sited east or west of the FreshCo block
Demising
Flexible; suites configurable to tenant requirements
Market Street South, with Clarence Street South, Icomm Drive and Greenwich Street framing the site
Schematic site plan: the proposed medical building can be sited at either the west or the east end of the FreshCo retail row, with dedicated frontage and adjacent parking in both cases. Drawing is schematic and not to scale.Existing co-tenancy
FreshCo · LCBO · Dollarama · Tim Hortons · The Beer Store · Subway · Boston Pizza · Popeyes · barBURRITO · Sunset Grill · Pet Valu · SmileCrafters Dental · Kumon · easyfinancial
09Zoning & permitted uses
Zoning & permitted uses
Medical office is permitted as of right.
The property is zoned LD (Lower Downtown), a mixed-use zone under City of Brantford Zoning By-law 124-2024. LD permits the full clinical and professional-office spectrum without a rezoning or minor variance: a tenant's timeline is a build-out timeline, not an approvals timeline.
Zone
LD (Lower Downtown)
Mixed Use Zones, Section 6
By-law
124-2024
July 2026 consolidation
Approvals needed
None for medical use
Site plan and building permit only
Clinical & health uses
Office, medicalPermitted
Medical clinicPermitted
Alternative health carePermitted
PharmacyPermitted
Veterinary clinicPermitted
Complementary uses
Office, generalPermitted
Financial institutionPermitted
Child care centrePermitted
Commercial schoolPermitted
Retail storePermitted
Ground floor clinical space rendering. Illustration only; final finishes are specified with the tenant at build-out.
10Availability & floor plates
Availability & floor plates
One building. Two floors. Configured around you.
The building offers a ~10,000 SF floor plate over two storeys, or up to ~20,000 SF in total, and can be sited at either the east or the west end of the FreshCo block. Take a single suite from ~1,000 SF, a full floor, or a whole building.
Available floors, areas and best-suited uses
Building
Floor
Approx. area
Best-suited use
Medical Building
Ground
~10,000 SF
Volume care: family medicine, walk-in, pharmacy, diagnostic imaging, blood lab, veterinary clinic (adjacent to Pet Valu)
Medical Building
Second
~10,000 SF
Specialists, allied health, orthodontics, periodontics, denturist, addiction medicine, mental health, medical aesthetics, health-adjacent professional services
Total available
~20,000 SF
Demisable from ~1,000 SF
West siting option: Market Street South frontage with a dedicated parking apron.East siting option: adjacent to the FreshCo anchor with Clarence Street South access.
Renderings are illustrative. Areas are approximate and subject to measurement. Dimensioned floor plates and demising options are released on registration.
11Lease framework
Lease framework & timeline
Terms built for a practice you'll keep for a decade.
The structure below is a framework for discussion. Final rent, TMI, build-out allowance and term are negotiated per suite, size, floor and use.
7–10 years typical for medical, with renewal options
Occupancy
12–16 months from lease execution
Demising
Flexible from ~1,000 SF
Rent is quoted net, plus TMI.
Rate card
Net rates and the estimated TMI band are released directly to registered practices rather than published, because they are set per suite, floor and use, and because early registrants shape them. Register and the rate framework comes back with the brochure and floor plates, usually the same business day.
Path to occupancy
01
Lease execution
Terms, build-out scope and allowance agreed.
02
Design & permitting
Drawings finalized, approvals secured.
03
Landlord build-out
Turnkey fit-out to your specification.
04
Occupancy
12 to 16 months from signing.
Stable tenancies
The prior mixed-use redevelopment plan for the broader site has been shelved. No demolition of the existing plaza is contemplated, so tenancies here are stable and long-term leases can be taken with confidence.
12Register your interest
Register your interest
The drawings are done. The layout is still yours to shape.
The building is designed and ready to proceed, and nothing inside it is fixed yet. Suites are configured to tenant requirements before construction, so a requirement raised now is built in rather than retrofitted later, and the practices at the table earliest are the ones that shape their own floor. Registering puts you in that group, ahead of space being released more broadly. It also releases the rate framework, which is set per suite, floor and use and is never published: net rents by floor, the estimated TMI band and the indicative build-out allowance come back with the brochure and floor plates, usually the same business day.
13Questions
Questions
What practices ask first.
Is the medical building already built?
No. The building is proposed and in the drawings. That is the advantage of registering early: suites are configured to tenant requirements before construction, and the landlord builds to suit. Occupancy runs 12 to 16 months from lease execution.
How much medical space is available?
Approximately 20,000 square feet in total: a roughly 10,000 SF ground floor and a roughly 10,000 SF second floor. Space is demisable from approximately 1,000 SF, so a single practice, a full floor, or the whole building can be accommodated.
What healthcare uses are permitted?
The site is zoned LD (Lower Downtown) under City of Brantford Zoning By-law 124-2024. Medical office, medical clinic, alternative health care, pharmacy and veterinary clinic are permitted as of right, along with general office, child care, commercial school, financial institution and retail.
Do I need a rezoning or minor variance?
No. Medical use is permitted as of right in the LD zone, so no rezoning or minor variance is required. Only site plan approval and a building permit are needed, which means your timeline is a build-out timeline rather than an approvals timeline.
Will the landlord build out my clinic?
Yes. Shell or turnkey landlord build-out is available and negotiated per suite. Build-out scope and allowance are agreed at lease execution, drawings are finalized, and the landlord delivers the fit-out to your specification.
What are the rents and TMI?
Rent is quoted net, plus TMI, and is negotiated per suite, size, floor and use. Rates are not published: the full rate framework, including the estimated TMI band, is sent directly to registered practices, usually the same business day.
How much parking is there?
424 on-site spaces at a ratio of approximately 4.5 per 1,000 SF. The field is sized for grocery-anchor peaks, so capacity holds even on event nights at the arena across the street.
Can I secure exclusivity for my use?
No plaza-wide exclusivity restrictions currently encumber the property, so incoming tenants have unusual freedom to negotiate protective use provisions. A pharmacy operates within the FreshCo anchor and a dental practice is established on-site; the exclusivity slate is otherwise open, and use protections are addressed at the letter of intent stage.
Is the plaza going to be demolished or redeveloped?
No. The prior mixed-use redevelopment plan for the broader site has been shelved and no demolition of the existing plaza is contemplated, so tenancies are stable and long-term leases can be taken with confidence.
Which floor suits my practice?
The ground floor suits high-visibility, high-volume uses such as family medicine, walk-in, pharmacy, blood collection, diagnostic imaging and veterinary. The second floor suits specialists, allied health, mental health, medical aesthetics and health-adjacent professional services.
