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We are the team to get your real estate transactions done. Practical and efficient, our lawyers know real estate inside and out. We can help you achieve your investment goals, realize your development projects, and get the deal done.
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Overview

Fasken’s Real Estate Group is your go-to team of experts in all types of real estate matters. We deliver on major projects and transactions and provide ongoing support for your ongoing leasing, financing and transactional needs. Our bench strength is unmatched across the country.

Fasken lawyers get the deal done. Our primary goal is to achieve your objectives efficiently. We deploy our knowledge, resources and innovative solutions to partner in your success.  We can leverage technological solutions and deploy the depth of our whole team to your benefit.

 

Our clients include real estate developers, private institutional investors, both local and foreign, financial institutions, pension funds, pension fund managers, insurance companies and Crown corporations. We represent both privately held clients and publicly traded corporations and REITs. 

 

We can advise buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, developers and investors and landlords and tenants, in respect of office, retail, industrial, multi-residential and institutional properties. We can take on your development, infrastructure and network projects with hands on experience.

 

Our lawyers have the local know-how to advise you on the most complex issues facing your projects, while leveraging a truly national platform to execute portfolio-wide strategies and transactions.

 

Our offices across Canada can simultaneously handle acquisitions, dispositions, leasing,  financing, joint ventures and investment transactions in multiple jurisdictions. We are experienced in handling real estate matters for specialized industries and sectors.

 

Fasken’s Real Estate Group is ranked among the top by respected publications such as Chambers Canada and Legal 500, and many of our team members are recognized by leading industry rankings such as Best Lawyers, Lexpert and Who’s Who Legal. 

 

Many of us have worked in-house at client organizations. We understand what keeps our clients “up at night.”

 

Browse some of our presentations or contact any of our lawyers to learn more.

Areas of Expertise

  • Acquisitions & Dispositions, Our real estate group is recognized nationwide for its expertise and bench strength. We’ll apply our experience, our efficient processes and our practical advice in order to provide value at every stage of the deal.
  • Affordable Housing, We help clients navigate the policy and regulatory landscape to find solutions to address affordable housing challenges.
  • Commercial Leasing, Fasken understands what it takes to draft sophisticated commercial leases. We’ll work with you to provide the level of assistance and advice that will result in a more valuable lease for your particular business interests.
  • Development, Land Use Planning and Property Tax, Fasken is driven to help clients complete outstanding projects in demanding situations. We ensure plans are both workable and bankable, whether it means strategizing to make the most of available real estate, finding sources of financing or minimizing risks in contracts.
  • Hospitality & Leisure, Fasken understands the challenges in this industry. We work with major investors, owners and managers to create business strategies that maximize returns.
  • Investment Properties & Joint Ventures, Fasken works with clients to ensure the viability of their joint ventures. Whether you need to navigate governance issues, create mechanisms that promote value creation or incentivize partners, we can help.
  • Mixed-Use, Multi-Residential & Condominium Projects, Fasken has decades of experience in helping clients complete complex real estate projects of all kinds.
  • Real Estate Financing, Fasken simplifies complex matters by streamlining negotiations. Borrowers and lenders have numerous options, but choosing the right strategy and structuring the deal can be daunting without an experienced legal team at your side.
  • Transportation, Networks & Utilities, Fasken facilitates the assembly, acquisition and negotiation of land rights through direct negotiation and expropriation. Our national expertise is also helpful for clients pursuing concurrent regulatory approvals from authorities at every level and in every location where their operations and assets are held.

Achievements

Team

Primary Contacts
  • Andrea L. Centa, Partner | Co-Leader, Real Estate Law, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3348, acenta@fasken.com
  • Mariella Lo Papa, Partner | Co-Leader, Real Estate Law, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 4348, mlopapa@fasken.com
  • Carmine Boskovich, Partner | Co-Leader, Real Estate Law, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4831, cboskovich@fasken.com
  • Paul Logan, Partner | Co-Leader, Real Estate Law, Calgary, AB, +1 403 261 9431, plogan@fasken.com

Client Work

  • Broccolini completes sale of industrial distribution facility at 640 College Street East, Belleville, Ontario, [Deal - Broccolini Investment Inc.], Sale of an industrial facility in Belleville, Ontario.
  • Broccolini completes sale of industrial facility on the property municipally known as 1500 Industrial Park Drive, Cornwall, Ontario, to Michelin North America, [Deal - Broccolini Investment Inc.], Sale of industrial facility in Cornwall, Ontario to a multinational tire manufacturing company.
  • Broccolini secures loan to finance the construction of fulfilment centre in Belleville, Ontario, [Deal - Broccolini Investment Inc.], Real estate and construction financing services for the construction of a fulfillment centre.
  • Middlefield’s Real Estate Split Corp. completes C$46.4 million overnight public offering, [Deal - Middlefield Limited], Overnight public offering of fund investing in in a diversified, actively managed, high conviction portfolio of real estate issuers.
  • Prime Properties and Metro Cap purchase of premier commercial and retail property portfolio in Old Montreal, [Deal - Prime Properties Inc. and Metro Cap Holdings Inc.], Purchase of a commercial and retail property portfolio in Old Montreal.
  • LaSalle Investment Management completes sale of two “A” class office buildings at 1100 Burloak Drive and 5420 North Service Road, Burlington, Ontario, [Deal - LaSalle Investment Management (Canada)], Disposition of two office buildings in Burlington, Ontario.
  • Canadian real estate developer completes nine-figure sale of student housing buildings in Ontario, [Deal - Canadian Real Estate Development Company], Sale of two student housing properties in Ontario.
  • Chexy Inc. secures C$4.1 million in seed funding round led by UK-based venture capital firm Venrex, [Deal - Chexy Inc.], Startup offering a rewards platform for renters raises capital in seed finding round.
  • Broccolini completes sale of a 55-acre site in Innisfil, Ontario, to DSV Solutions for development as a 1.3-million-square-foot warehouse, [Deal - Broccolini Investment Inc.], Real estate and construction financing services for transport and logistics company.

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