Expropriation Business Valuation for Businesses in Edmonton, Alberta
How expropriation and government takings can end commercial leases and crush intangible assets, potentially destroying 50–90% of business value for Edmonton, Alberta and area businesses.
Fee Range: $1,500 - $15,000 · Basic Average: $3,500
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Expropriation Overview for Edmonton Businesses
For an Edmonton business, expropriation typically ends your lease. Ending the lease crushes your intangible assets — customer loyalty, location advantage, brand presence and reputation in the local market — which is often 50%–90% of total enterprise value.
Many practitioners misunderstand or ignore intangibles, rolling them into a vague “goodwill” line. We quantify them, and we show the difference between value with the Edmonton lease in place and value after the lease is taken away due to expropriation.
- First, we value your business as a going concern with the Edmonton lease in place.
- Second, we show what value remains once the lease is removed and operations are disrupted or relocated.
This approach helps Edmonton business owners and their legal counsel present clearer expropriation claims to the authority, tribunal, or court.
Key Valuation Considerations in Edmonton Expropriation
- Leasehold improvements worth $300,000 in your current Edmonton site may have little or no value in a new location.
- Normalized net income at a new site in the Edmonton region may be materially lower — possibly zero during ramp-up.
- Inventory may need to be liquidated at a discount versus pre-expropriation value in the ordinary course of business.
- Client base attrition: not all customers will follow you to a new Edmonton or Alberta location.
- Local brand equity and cumulative Edmonton-focused advertising may not transfer one-for-one.
- Fair Market Value reality: a buyer with knowledge of the facts (including an ending lease and expropriation risk) will not overpay for the business.
Legal Backing for Expropriation Valuation in Alberta
Courts routinely address going-concern value, goodwill, and operational continuity in expropriation or eminent domain contexts. In Alberta and across Canada, expropriation case law recognizes that compensation can extend beyond just bricks and mortar.
Our work integrates Eric Jordan’s 25 Factors with relevant case law and Fair Market Value principles to support Edmonton expropriation claims in negotiations, tribunals, and court.
Engagement & Pricing for Edmonton Expropriation Files
An appraisal for assets generally runs from $399 to $799. Business FMV assignments for expropriation in Edmonton are scoped individually based on size, complexity, document quality, and deadlines.
For a typical Edmonton small to mid-sized business, the average fee is about $3,500, with a range of $1,500–$15,000+ for larger or more complex expropriation and litigation files.