Real estate has long been regarded as an attractive, long-term investment for those seeing diversification and stable yields within an uncertain economy. While it's a dynamic area offering the potential for high returns on investment, it comes with many risks and hidden challenges.
The Gardiner Roberts Real Estate Group understands the real estate business and has the expertise to anticipate change while navigating you through the many developments that may affect your business. Our team offers a full range of services - including acquisitions and disposals, construction, financing, land use, planning and development, leasing, environmental law, leasing and tax - and we're positioned to assist you on a proactive basis throughout the life cycle of your investments, no matter where in the world your business takes you.
From the purchase, sale, development and financing of office, hotel, retail, industrial and mixed-use properties to joint ventures, commercial leasing and restructuring, our Real Estate Group represents owners, developers, funds, real estate investment trusts and an array of financial institutions.
Our team's success in providing sound real estate counsel is built on a thorough understanding of local laws, customs and practices, combined with a global perspective, advanced cross-border expertise and collective experience. An early building block of Gardiner Roberts, we have the ability to add significant value, expedite transactions and minimize risk because we adhere to your objectives, translating them into positive action towards arriving at sound legal outcomes. Gardiner Roberts considers the bigger picture, given the perspective gained through our multi-disciplinary, one-team approach.
From the acquisition and disposition of various types of properties to structuring Canadian real estate investments for international clients and creating appropriate business structures for real estate investments, our ability to respond to unexpected developments coupled with the deep expertise of real estate experience makes us an efficient, cost-effective choice.
Additional Expertise
- 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
- 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
- Negotiation and preparation of commercial leasing documentation
- Insolvency and restructuring issues for landlords and tenants
- Landlord and tenant remedies
- Leasehold financing
- 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
- 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
- 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