Our real estate practice includes both residential and commercial transactions. Whether we are representing individual home buyers and sellers or commercial developers, we give each transaction the personal attention it deserves. We provide creative advice and representation on all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, planning, project development, financing, dispositions, property insurance and title insurance. Our clients include vendors, purchasers, large and small developers, property managers, and financial institutions. We also offer individual clients a full range of personal real estate services including purchasing, financing, leasing, and selling real property.

We provide progressive legal and business counsel to clients regarding:

• Acquisition, development and sale of real estate projects, whether residential/multi-unit residential, commercial or industrial
• Processing and registration of plans of subdivision
• Sale and purchase of subdivided lots
• Condominium development including registration and unit sales, both of residential and commercial/industrial projects
• New home subdivision sales
• The structuring of real property projects, including limited partnerships, joint ventures and co-ownerships
• The financing of real estate, including conventional mortgages, interim construction financing, permanent financing, sale, leasebacks and profit participations
• Zoning, by-law and official plan amendments
• Commercial leasing transactions for both landlords and tenants
• Mortgage remedies, including power of sale, foreclosure and judicial sale
• Advising condominium corporations

We work with various types of financing vehicles, including:

• Conventional bank loans
• Private investment financings
• Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Syndications
• Joint venture financing