40 Lancaster Street W
Kitchener, N2H 4S9
$1
Listed 274 days ago · MLS® X12707560
About this home
Perfectly-located M2 ZONING commercial property on highly visible Lancaster St W, one of Kitchener's key arterial corridors connecting Downtown Kitchener, Bridgeport, and surrounding commercial districts. This multi-tenant commercial building has historically supported showroom, retail, service, and light industrial uses, offering excellent flexibility for a wide range of business operations. The property features strong street presence, excellent exposure, and consistent traffic flow, making it an ideal candidate for automotive-related uses, including car dealerships, specialty auto sales and could fit 60-70 veihicles total, or showroom-based businesses. The site configuration and frontage lend themselves well to vehicle display, customer parking, and easy ingress/egress, a rare combination along a corridor of this calibre. With two drive in doors and multiple man doors, the building offers adaptable interior layouts suitable for showroom space, offices, and back-of-house operations. The surrounding area is a well-established commercial node with ongoing reinvestment and redevelopment activity, enhancing long-term value and exposure. Ideal for owner-users, investors, or automotive operators seeking a prime location with high visibility, flexible usage potential, and proximity to major transportation routes. Opportunities of this nature along Lancaster Street West are increasingly scarce. Seller is willing to accommodate buyers renovation requirements to suit their business needs.
Details
- Type
- Industrial
- Lot
- 149.2 × 140 ft
- Garage
- None
- Property tax
- $17,330 (2025)
- Municipality
- Kitchener
Heating, cooling and services
- Heating
- Gas Forced Air Closed
- Air conditioning
- Partial
- Utilities
- Yes
Building and exterior
- Building area
- 8,500 Square Feet
More
- Possession
- flexible
- Cross street
- Victoria and lancaster
Location
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The neighbourhood
Getting around Walkable
- 🚇 Kitchener City Hall LRT17 min walk
- 🚇 Frederick LRT1.2 km
Within a 10-minute walk: 1 grocery store, 17 cafés and restaurants, 13 parks, 1 pharmacy. Nearest grocery: Your Independent Grocer (900 m). Nearest park: Maple Lane Green (50 m).
Schools nearby
Elementary
- Suddaby Public School
EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 58%14 min walk - St. Teresa Catholic Elementary School Catholic
EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 45%15 min walk - Prueter Public School
EQAO: Gr 6 reading 62%, math 17%19 min walk - St. Anne Catholic Elementary School Catholic
EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 45%1.4 km
Secondary
- Margaret Avenue Public School8 min walk
- St. Louis Education Centre - St. Mary's Campus Catholic16 min walk
- St. Louis Education Centre - Main Campus Catholic16 min walk
EQAO: share of students meeting the provincial standard (2024–25). Ontario average: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 51%; Gr 9 math 55%; literacy test 83%.
Closest schools, not school zones. Check which school serves this address with the school board before relying on it.
Who lives here postal area N2H
- Owners / renters
- 49% / 51%
- Median household income
- $73,500
- Average age
- 41
- Children under 15
- 13%
- Homes
- 43% detached, 22% high-rise
- Commute by transit
- 7%
- Population
- 22,456
Languages spoken most at home besides English: Arabic 0.9%, Spanish 0.7%, Tigrigna 0.5%, Portuguese 0.5%.
Safety
Crime Severity Index for Waterloo Region (Kitchener) police: 67 vs 57 for Ontario (2025).
Police-reported figures for the whole police service area, not this street. Rates use the area’s resident population.
Distances are approximate. Places © OpenStreetMap contributors. Neighbourhood figures: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census. School results: EQAO via Ontario Data Catalogue (Open Government Licence – Ontario). Crime Severity Index: Statistics Canada.
Living here
Commute
To downtown Kitchener: 1 km. Transit times · Driving times
Noise 1 source nearby
- 🚆 Rail line (GO Transit)100 m
Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.
Internet High-speed
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