Real Estate and Land Development
As part of our ongoing involvement with clients we take a lead position on projects in condominium development and management, joint ventures, zoning matters, distress property realization, restructurings and unique ownership vehicles. Our clients are investors and developers, business owners and lenders, contractors and sub-contractors. They are involved in buying and selling and often developing land for office, retail, industrial, commercial and residential uses. They buy and sell office buildings, plazas, and other developed rental commercial property throughout Ontario. We advise lenders and borrowers in structuring, negotiating, implementing and completing a wide variety of transactions and lease agreements. Where we can gain some measure of competitive advantage for them for real estate projects, we suggest various financing strategies.
Services include:
- Residential Subdivision, condominium and commercial developments
- Leasehold financing Negotiation and preparation of commercial and industrial leasing
- Condominium development including conversions
- Lending transactions for joint ventures, co-ownerships and limited partnerships
- Mortgage financing
- Negotiations on behalf of developers under the Ontario New Home Warranty Plan
- Advice to Property management
- Ground leases
- Purchase and sale of commercial and industrial properties
- Security for loans
- Land acquisition and assembly
- Taxation of real estate
- Land development and subdivision
- Zoning matters
- Landlord and tenant remedies
Tim Bullock BullockT@simpsonwigle.com Ext: 354 Mieszko Chuchla ChuchlaM@simpsonwigle.com Ext: 250 Paul Demarco Demarcop@simpsonwigle.com Ext: 339 Maria Durdan DurdanM@simpsonwigle.com Ext: 305 Hussein Hamdani HamdaniH@simpsonwigle.com Ext: 336 Chris Langlotz LanglotzC@simpsonwigle.com Ext: 306 Serena Lee LeeS@simpsonwigle.com Ext: 231 Larry Matthews MatthewsL@simpsonwigle.com Ext:230 Gokcin Nalsok NalsokG@simpsonwigle.com Ext: 358 Kathryn Osborne OsborneK@simpsonwigle.com Ext: 347