Lawyers in our Real Estate and Municipal Group provide services and expertise in the following areas:

Commercial Real Estate

• Property acquisition and disposition
• Taxation of real estate
• Property management
• Land development and subdivision
• Site plan agreements
• Structuring of Canadian real estate investments for international clients

Financing

• Security for loans
• Lending transactions for joint ventures, co-ownerships and limited partnerships
• Representation of borrowers
• Use of capital markets to finance investments in real estate
• Structuring and implementation of undivided co-ownership structure

Leasing

• Negotiation and preparation of commercial leasing documentation
• Insolvency and restructuring issues for landlords and tenants
• Landlord and tenant remedies
• Leasehold financing

Hospitality and Recreational Properties

• Advising owners, operators and managers of hotels, motels and resorts
• Advising domestic and foreign developers about interval ownership development and sale in Ontario
• Development and structuring of resorts

Municipal and Land Use Services

• Zoning and Official Plan Applications
• Site Plan and Subdivisions
• Community Plans
• Source Water Protection matters
• Environmental issues
• Practice before the Ontario Municipal Board
• Development Charges
• Minor Variances and Severances
• Expropriation

Condominiums

• Development and sale of residential, commercial, resort and mixed use condominiums
• Condominium governance issues
• Negotiations on behalf of developers under the Ontario New Home Warranty Plan