Every need of a commercial property, in four disciplines.
Taurus offers a comprehensive package of building services designed to cover 100% of the needs of a commercial property, organized into four integrated disciplines.
Strategic Advisory
In large real estate companies, asset management is a pivotal role that property managers report to. For owners who use a third-party manager, that function often doesn’t exist. Taurus fills the gap by acting as a strategic advisor.
Large real estate companies
- Owner
- Asset management
- Property management
Owners who use a third-party manager
- Owner
- Often doesn’t exist
- Property management
Owners with Taurus
- Owner
- Taurus as strategic advisor
- Taurus as property manager
- Day-to-day liaison with ownership on ongoing strategy
- Identifying opportunities to increase revenue or property value
- Long-term strategic planning (e.g. tenant mix)
- Acquisition due diligence, lease analysis and disposition preparation
- Quarterly market insights through The Taurus Perspective
- Free use of Taurus-developed legal forms for common commercial real estate needs (lease administration, vendor contracts)
- Team involvement in local industry (Boards of Trade, BOMA, NAIOP, UDI)
Financial Management
Commercial real estate is first and foremost a financial vehicle. Our dedicated finance team uses Yardi Voyager and decades of experience to protect and grow your returns.
Monthly financial statements delivered by the 15th:
- Income statement
- Balance sheet
- Bank reconciliation
- Receivables
- Payables and disbursements
- Dedicated trust account per client, compliant with the Real Estate Services Act and audited annually
- Annual operating budgets, year-end reconciliation and recovery billing
- Monthly variance reporting
- Capital planning and amortization schedules
- Property tax appeal management
- GST returns and audit support
Facilities Management
Buildings cannot hold their value without disciplined facilities management. Taurus is proactive not by chance, but by design. We have no affiliation with third-party contractors, and we use our volume to get better pricing and service.
- Preventative maintenance programs and routine inspections
- Service contracts: janitorial, landscaping, waste, snow, HVAC, fire, elevator and more
- Insurance: maximize coverage, minimize premiums, coordinate claims
- Security: patrols, CCTV, access control and key management
- Regular site presence by managers and assistants
We’ve worked with various commercial property managers, and Taurus stands out for its consistent professionalism and reliability. That’s why we chose them: their ownership mindset and disciplined approach to property management.
Lease Management
Our buildings house businesses that serve our communities. Taurus acts as steward of every lease to protect the landlord’s interests.
- Responsive day-to-day tenant liaison
- Rent billing, collections, arrears and default management
- Enforcement of lease provisions
- Assignment, sublease and change-of-control processing
- Tenant improvement coordination and move-in and move-out management
- Lease expiry tracking and renewal management
Strata Management
Taurus manages commercial strata corporations, supporting strata councils in meeting their responsibilities and complying with BC strata legislation, while protecting the long-term value of the property.
- Strata accounting: fee collection, annual budgets, special levies and contingency reserve fund records
- Council support: regular liaison and strategic advice to the strata council
- Bylaws: drafting support, implementation and registration
- Meetings: notice packages within regulated timelines, council meetings, AGMs and SGMs, and minutes
- Dispute management and mediation between strata lots
- Full facilities management, 24/7 emergency response and project coordination