BC Motels for Sale
BC Motels for Sale
Highway motels, lakeside inns, and tourism-corridor properties across British Columbia. The assets we have walked, whose numbers we have read, sold by a team that specializes in them.
Current motel listings
Why BC motels hold their ground
British Columbia runs on tourism, and its motels sit on the roads that carry it: Highway 97 through the Okanagan, the Trans-Canada through the Shuswap, and the northern corridors that feed the ski hills and the lakes.
A motel in the right BC town is two businesses in one: a real-estate asset on constrained land, and an operating business with steady room revenue and a season that repeats every year. Buyers who understand hospitality look past the door count to the mix of rooms and any restaurant or pub attached, and the highway or lake access that fills the rooms in July.
Supply is the quiet advantage. They are not building new highway motels in these markets. The buildings that exist are well located, cash-flowing, and tied to a tourism economy. They are the whole inventory, and when one comes to market at the right number, it moves quickly.
What a serious buyer looks at
Location and accessHighway frontage, distance to a ski hill or lake, and the traffic that fills rooms in season. Location is not a postcode. It is where the demand comes from.
Zoning and conditionZoning that permits the use, room count that matches title, and a building whose condition is priced in before subjects come off.
The seasonA tourism motel earns its year in a handful of months. Understanding the shoulder seasons and the local demand drivers is the difference between a good buy and a hard one.
Motels across British Columbia
OkanaganKelowna, Penticton, Vernon, and the Highway 97 corridor, the busiest tourism spine in the interior.
KootenaysNelson, Revelstoke, Radium, and the ski and lake towns where rooms fill winter and summer.
Thompson and ShuswapKamloops, Salmon Arm, and Sorrento, Trans-Canada traffic and lake tourism in one market.
Cariboo and North100 Mile House, Quesnel, and the northern highway motels serving travel and resource traffic year-round.
Buying a BC motel
What does a motel cost to buy in British Columbia?
Most cash-flowing BC motels trade between $1M and $10M or more, driven by room count, location on tourism and highway corridors, and the strength of the operating numbers. Price is set by what the property earns, not by door count alone.
What should a buyer look at first?
Location on a tourism or highway corridor, the split between room revenue and any restaurant operation, zoning, and the condition of the building. The numbers get verified against the operating statements before subjects come off.
Do you list motels outside the Okanagan?
Yes. We list hospitality assets across British Columbia, from the Okanagan and Kootenays to the Cariboo, Thompson-Shuswap, Vancouver Island, and the northern highway corridors. BC hospitality is our specialty.
How do I get the financials on a listing?
Financial detail is shared under a signed non-disclosure agreement. Reach out on any listing and we will send the confidentiality agreement and the full information package once it is signed.