Canada

In 2006, the City of Brampton decided it needed an outdoor 1,500 m² concrete lacrosse pad.

The demand for REIT securities is such that it is leading to the listing on the stock exchange of new real estate investment funds owning foreign property.

When negotiating a lease, a landlord may require that the tenant provide security for the performance of the tenant’s obligations under the lease.

Davis LLP's Carlos Mendes discusses the B.C. Court of Appeal decision in Tang v. Zhang in the article "Guaranteeing Performance," which appears in the June 2013 of BarTalk magazine.

Landlords and tenants often seek advice on what happens when the tenant wishes to remain in the leased premises after the lease term expires, but the parties have not extended or renewed the lease.

Mixed use development is on the rise in North America and includes a variety of significant considerations.

On December 9, 2009, Ontario legislators approved the sales tax reform proposed by the 2009 Ontario Budget.

While there are many similarities between civil law in Québec and common law jurisdictions when it comes to the rules that apply to commercial leases, there are also a number of differences.

Section 34 of Ontario's Planning Act was amended two years ago to grant specific authority to local municipalities to pass zoning by-laws with conditions.

As a general matter, estoppel certificates, sometimes referred to as status statements or acknowledgments, essentially set forth and confirm the veracity of a lease and identify its key terms. Rooted in the principle of promissory estoppel, estoppel certificates are intended to "estop" a party who signs the certificate from thereafter asserting a fact inconsistent with what is set out in the certificate.

On November 1, 2007, new legal requirements regarding asbestos came into force which significantly increase the responsibilities of landlords and tenants in dealing with asbestos in their buildings and premises.

This article discusses, from a lender's perspective, some of the more effective methods of reducing risks in structuring a leasehold financing program, including a combination of careful underwriting analysis and the inclusion in the leasehold mortgage of specific mortgagee protections unique to leasehold mortgage financing.

When parties negotiate and draft agreements of purchase and sale for real property, the provisions relating to how conditions may be waived (including what constitutes effective notice of waiver) are not usually treated as highpriority items.

Joint tenancy is one method by which two or more persons may hold land or other property.

The American National Standards Institute and the Building Owners and Managers Association publish the "Office Buildings: Standard Methods of Measurement" ("BOMA Office Standard").

As commercial tenants do not have a default legal entitlement to renew or extend an existing lease, a common element of many leases is a right in favour of the tenant to continue its occupancy beyond the expiry of the current term.

The new By-law will be a comprehensive By-law covering the entire amalgamated City of Toronto.

When purchasing a home, the purchaser should be aware that the doctrine of "Caveat Emptor" or "let the buyer beware" generally applies to the sale of a property.

During the due diligence period, legal counsel will usually be asked to provide their opinion on title to a property.

When a Tenant defaults under a commercial Lease, the Landlord looks to one of the most important tools in its tool box, the Lease document, to help deal with the problem.