Canadian Commercial Real Estate Lawyers | Financing | Investing | Acquisitions

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

	Acted for the purchaser in relation to the purchase and offshore financing of a $20M development site in downtown Calgary

	Acted for Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, a publicly traded US-based REIT in connection with a joint venture with Ontario-based property developer, Holborn Property Investments Inc., to acquire and develop a retail/commercial project in the city of Brampton

	Counsel to Tembec Inc. on real estate matters in British Columbia and Ontario in connection with its US$1.2B recapitalization transaction under the Canada Business Corporations Act

	Counsel to Alberta Investment Management, the first mortgagee, in connection with the $135M purchase of Toronto’s 70 University and 11 King West properties by LaSalle Acquisition Corp. on behalf of investor clients

	Represented the 33rd Street North Limited Partnership in the $22M purchase and financing of an industrial property in Calgary, controlled by the CanFirst Industrial Realty Fund IV Limited Partnership

	Acted for McDonalds Restaurants of Canada in the acquisition of 192A Bloor Street from the City of Toronto

	Counsel to The Broccolini Group on its $66M sale of Ottawa’s "Telus Tower", a Class AAA office tower, to DEGI INTERNATIONAL

	Counsel to Pensionfund Realty Limited on its $75M sale of a major mixed-use commercial complex in downtown Ottawa to Morguard Corporation and Morguard REIT

	Counsel to PFS Fourth Inc. on its $36M sale of Calgary’s 4th & 4th Centre to Dundee REIT

	Successfully represented Sun Life before the Ontario Municipal Board with respect to the City of Burlington's opposition to a planned condo conversion

	Represents BDO Dunwoody Limited as CCAA monitor and interim receiver of the Sapphire Tower, a Harry Stinson property, located in downtown Toronto

	Acted for UK-based Wood Group on $125M acquisition of IMV Corporation

	Counsel to Redcliff Realty Advisors, Inc. on $90.3M sale of City Centre Plaza, a Class A office building in Mississauga, ON

	Represented Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund on $120M acquisition of Con-Force, related $60M public offering and of $105M amended/restated credit facility

	Acted for Millennium in connection with $750M credit facilities financing a million+ sq. ft. mixed-use residential development part of which will temporarily house athletes during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

	Assisted Excelsior LaSalle Property Fund, Inc., a publicly traded REIT in the United States, with the acquisition and financing of the Railway Street Corporate Centre in Calgary, Alberta from Remington Development Corporation

	Acted as Canadian counsel to Lifetime Fitness, Inc., a publicly traded corporation on the New York Stock Exchange having approximately 13,000 employees in the United States, to assist Lifetime Fitness with its expansion into Canada

	Acted for Redcliffe Realty Advisors Inc. in connection with the acquisition of the and financing of the OPUS office tower in Calgary

	Acted for real estate industrial fund that sold 11 industrial buildings located on 5 properties in the Greater Toronto Area for ~$110 million

	Providing National representation for a number of significant real estate investors and developers in Canada, including Greystone Managed Investments, a significant pension fund advisor and manager, Hopewell Development Corporation, LaSalle Investment Management, Broccolini Construction, Redcliffe Realty Advisors and others

	Assisting Encana Corp. in connection with a multi-property land assembly in downtown Calgary, providing all necessary advice and assistance in connection with the municipal approvals and development of a 1,000,000 square foot office development on the property and with respect to the construction and financing of the development through a credit tenant lease transaction

	Assisted Morguard Investments Limited on the acquisition and development of 181 Queen Street, Ottawa, a large downtown office complex that is leased to Public Works Canada and CBC

	Acted for the Province of British Columbia in connection with the design, build, finance, and operate (P3) arrangements for the Sea-to-Sky Highway improvement and construction project; mandate included the procurement, negotiation and drafting of the various concession and project agreements required to facilitate the upgrade, rehabilitation and ongoing operation of this 100-kilometer highway which connects Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia

	Assisted Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. on the acquisition of a 1,000 acre site in Woodstock, Ontario from 29 different property owners, for the development of a major motor vehicle manufacturing facility; also providing advice and assistance with development and construction aspects of the new plant

	Acted for the Bank of Montreal in a $350,000,000 syndicated financing for a major restoration and expansion program for Montfort Hospital, an essential, full service, medical institution in Ottawa

	Acted for Millennium Southeast False Creek Properties Ltd. in concluding agreements with the City of Vancouver for the lease, development and purchase of lands which will contain 1.1 million square feet of residential and commercial space including facilities which will be the athletes village, housing 2,800 athletes during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games

	Acted for a major developer/contactor in its acquisition, development, leasing and construction of a ten-storey office tower in downtown Ottawa

	Downsview Park, Toronto: FMC provides advice on all real estate matters related to the development of these over 570 acres of federally owned land for an over 310 acre national urban park with about 250 acres for residential, retail, office and other commercial uses (Ongoing 1995 to present)

	Cityplace, Toronto: FMC’s team has advised on the sale, development and environmental matters related to these strategic lands within the Toronto railway lands, as well as the reacquisition, financing and redevelopment of the CN Tower and matters related to the Rogers Centre (formerly "Skydome") (Ongoing 1995 to present)

	25 York Street, Toronto, Telus Building: FMC acts for the pension fund participant in the acquisition, joint venture, financing and development of this new office building, one of only 3 to be built in Toronto since the late 1980’s (Ongoing 2005 to present)

	Toronto Portlands: FMC’s team provides a wide range of advice to the Toronto Port Authority related to its interests within the Toronto Portlands, including leases for port related purposes, marine terminal agreements, sales and leases of lands and other agreements with the City of Toronto, the Toronto Economic Development Corporation and the Toronto Waterfront Regeneration Corporation and advice related to the Toronto City Centre Airport (Ongoing)

	North Oakville Expansion Area, Oakville, Ontario: Our public sector client has significant landholdings in this urban expansion area and the FMC team is providing advice on development approvals (including attendance at the lengthy OMB hearing) and on contractual matters (Ongoing)

	Seaton Lands, Pickering Ontario: Our public sector client represents the Government of Ontario with respect to the sale/exchange of lands as part of a comprehensive agreement to save lands within the Oak Ridges Moraine; FMC is providing advise on environmental and other strategic issues related to the transaction, including extensive litigation support (Ongoing)

	Toronto Union Station: FMC assisted the successful bidder in an RFP from the City of Toronto for a P3 project involving the operation, management and renovation of the Union Station railway complex, providing advice on structuring, contracts, title, leasing, financing, corporate and other matters (2004 to 2006)

	York Mills Centre: FMC's team assisted our pension fund client in the acquisition of this midtown six building Toronto office complex (2002)

	North York City Centre: FMC’s team assisted our pension fund client in the $100,000,000 acquisition of this prime Toronto office/retail/hotel complex adjacent to the North York Civic Centre (2000)

	Paramount Canada’s Wonderland: FMC's team provided advice to this major entertainment venue related to development matters and municipal approvals since it was built in the early 1980’s, including representing the client in a lengthy Ontario Municipal Board hearing to establish the long term planning approvals for PCW and adjoining residential and commercial lands (Ongoing; Hearing in 1997-1998)

	Air Canada Centre: FMC’s team was involved in this multi-party transaction involving the sale and exchange of lands related to the construction of Toronto’s premier sports complex, including advice on development issues, municipal agreements, mutual rights, title and financing (1997)

	Metro Centre/Metro Hall/Roy Thomson Hall: FMC's team assisted our private sector client in the development of this major downtown office/retail/ government/entertainment complex, including the long term lease for Roy Thomson Hall, development approvals, municipal agreements and construction contracts for the Metro Centre office/retail component and the sale and construction of Metro Hall in response to an RFP from the then Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, also involving a long term park lease and mutual rights agreements (1985 to 1995)

	Purchase by a major institutional real estate mutual fund of the preeminent retail centre in Banff, Alberta, Banff National Park together with assumption of existing financing

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