The investors and owners actively deploying capital, right now, in your market. Every record is a verified owner who completed at least one commercial real estate acquisition in your selected region during your selected quarter. You get their identity, mailing address, acquisition count, asset classes acquired, acquisition cities, and property IDs. Everything you need to reach the right people at exactly the right moment. No noise, no stale data, no guesswork.
This package delivers VIREC Owner IDs with every order. Use VIREC AI to instantly profile, cross-reference, and act on the IDs you receive.
This package delivers VIREC Owner IDs with every order.
Use VIREC AI to instantly profile, cross-reference, and act on the IDs you receive.
What you are getting
Active Buyers is not a lead database of people who expressed interest. It is a verified list of owners who acquired commercial real estate in your selected market during your selected quarter. Every record is a confirmed buyer with documented activity in your market. Filter by region, time period, and asset class to get exactly the right list for your next move.
Why timing is everything
Real estate capital moves in cycles. An owner who acquired last quarter is likely reinvesting, refinancing, or sizing up their next deal. Static ownership databases miss this window entirely. Active Buyers puts you in front of the right people at the moment they are most likely to act again, before your competition even knows they were active.
Who uses this
Broker / Sales Agent
Identify owners who just acquired and are likely reinvesting proceeds. Reach out with relevant listings before your competition does.
Lender / Mortgage Broker
Target buyers who closed this quarter. They may need bridge financing, refinancing, or are sizing up their next acquisition.
Property Manager
New owners need management services immediately. This list tells you who just acquired in your market. Pitch at the right moment.
Developer / Investor
Map active buyers in your target submarket to gauge demand, pricing pressure, and identify potential joint venture partners or competition.
Appraiser / Consultant
Build ownership profiles behind recent acquisitions. Critical context for valuation, advisory, and market analysis work.
Sample data
| Owner ID | Owner Name | Owner Mailing Address | No. of Acquisitions | Acquisition Date | Asset Class Acquired | Acquisition City | Property ID Acquired | Column | Column |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWN-CA-004812 | Groupe Immobilier Apex | 1420 Rue Sherbrooke O., Montréal, QC H3G 1K3 | 1 | 2025-09-12 | Residential | Montréal | PROP-CA-MTL-22847 | ||
| Investissements Larivière Inc. | 3080 Boul. Le Carrefour, Laval, QC H7T 2R5 | 2 | 2025-07-08 · 2025-09-21 | Commercial · Industrial | Laval | PROP-CA-LAV-09341 · PROP-CA-LAV-09512 | |||
Data quality
Built from verified property ownership records
Each record is derived from verified property ownership and acquisition data across Canada and the USA. VIREC processes, classifies, and structures the underlying data so what you receive is clean, actionable intelligence. Not raw public filings.
Owner identity sourced from the transaction record
Each owner in this dataset is identified from the underlying acquisition record. Not estimated, not modeled. You receive the owner name and mailing address as recorded at the time of purchase, giving you a direct, actionable point of contact.
Each edition covers a clean, bounded quarter
Active Buyers is released quarterly. Each edition covers a complete calendar quarter : Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4, so you always know exactly what window your list reflects. Historical editions are available if you need to look back at a prior period.
Buyers only. No sellers, no non-market transfers.
This dataset covers the acquisition side exclusively. Every owner confirmed a purchase during the period. Internal transfers, nominal-consideration transfers, and non-market conveyances are filtered out. Only real buyers who deployed real capital.
Ownership Change falls within the selected time slice
Each owner qualifies based on their acquisition date falling within the selected quarter. One confirmed acquisition is the minimum threshold. Owners with multiple acquisitions in the period appear with all dates and property IDs listed.
See the schema and record quality before you commit
A representative sample is available for every market and quarter combination. The sample includes real records with owner identity and address lightly anonymized, enough to validate fit, field coverage, and data quality before purchase.
FAQ
The timing is everything. An owner who bought last quarter is in an active capital-deployment phase , they are evaluating, financing, and likely already positioning for their next move. A static ownership list tells you who holds what today. Active Buyers tells you who is in motion right now. That distinction separates a cold outreach from a well-timed conversation.
One confirmed commercial real estate acquisition within the selected quarter and region is the minimum threshold. The record is based on verified ownership transfer , not listing dates, not conditional agreements, not letter of intent. If the transfer is confirmed, they qualify. Owners who acquired multiple properties in the same period appear once, with all acquisition dates and property IDs listed.
For brokers and advisors: these are your warmest off-market leads , buyers who just closed are already thinking about their next deal. Reach them while they are in deal-flow mode. For lenders and debt brokers: a recent acquisition means active financing conversations. For service providers (legal, tax, property management): new ownership means new service relationships to be won. Filter by asset class and region to target the buyer profiles most relevant to your practice.
Buyers only. Active Buyers captures the acquisition side of the transaction. If you need sellers , owners who disposed of assets in the same window , the Recently Sold Properties package (Recently Sold Properties) includes the seller-side owner ID on every transaction record. Both packages can be purchased independently or combined for a complete picture of market-side activity.
Yes. The time period selector supports multi-select. Selecting multiple quarters returns all qualifying buyers across the combined window in a single dataset. An owner who acquired in more than one of your selected quarters will appear with all relevant acquisition records, which is itself a signal worth paying attention to: serial acquirers are the highest-velocity buyers in any market and typically the most valuable relationships to build.
It is the owner's contact address on file at the time of the acquisition , typically their corporate or primary business address, not the address of the property they purchased. For individual investors, it may be a personal address. Either way, it is the address you would use to reach them directly, not a property they happen to own.
VIREC sources directly from public ownership and transfer registries across all covered markets , no third-party aggregators, no data resellers. Records are standardized into a clean, consistent schema and cross-referenced for accuracy. The result is structured, deduplicated, and ready for outreach or analysis without manual cleanup.
Every Property ID is queryable in the VIREC AI Tool. Drop any ID into the tool to pull a full property profile: ownership history, permit activity, transaction history, owner identity and mailing address, and more. The Active Buyers package surfaces the right IDs and contacts , the AI Tool is where you go deep on any individual asset or owner profile.
Once your order is confirmed, the dataset is automatically loaded into your VIREC Platform account and accessible immediately in the Saved tab. No download required, no file to import. If you need the data in a specific format or through a different channel, contact us and we will accommodate your requirements.
Yes. A representative data sample is available for every package in the catalog. Use the Request a Sample option on this page and we will send it directly to your inbox. The sample reflects the exact schema, field structure, and data quality of the full dataset, so you know precisely what you are buying before you commit.
Yes, and the combination adds real targeting precision. Active Buyers tells you who just deployed capital. Layer with Long-Tenure Owners to identify which of those buyers also hold legacy positions they may be ready to exit. Cross with Recently Issued Permits to see which active buyers are also investing in their existing holdings. All Owner IDs and Property IDs are consistent across every package and the AI Tool, so cross-referencing is seamless.
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