Landlord and Tenant Relations
Email this pageBlaney McMurtry’s Landlord and Tenant Relations Group is a multidisciplinary practice drawing from the firms strengths in real estate, litigation, corporate commercial and other related areas. The Group brings together a wide array of significant expertise to achieve timely practical solutions and results tailored to every unique situation. This expertise includes virtually all aspects of land use and the variety of legal relationships that arise in the context of the acquisition, ownership, development and and consideration of the rights to the use of income generating properties.
Some of the more common areas in which advice is provided by the Group are detailed below:
Operational issues
- lease interpretation
- lease disputes including collections
- distraint
- lease enforcement
- construction liens
- municipal tax appeals
- Bankruptcy/Bankruptcy proposals/Creditors Company Arrangement Act proposals
- employment and labour
- property management
- provincial offences including bylaw enforcement
- environmental, health and safety
- directors and officers liability
Transactions
- acquisitions, mergers and sales
- secured lending
- corporate and limited partnership organization and compliance with regulatory requirements
- tax planning and structuring
- negotiation and preparation of related agreements
Leasing
- negotiation and preparation of all leasing documents including standardized lease precedents, offers to lease, leases, amending agreements (extensions, assignments, renewals, etc.)
- tenant financing and change of ownership
- due diligence and lease reviews
- preparation and registration of security interests
Insurance
- coverage issues
- self insured claims
- compliance in respect of the insurance placement requirements of lenders, tenants
- standardizing insurance requirements and related indemnity, holdharmless issues
Municipal Law
- development and redevelopment including zoning, access and egress, parking ratios etc.
- Ontario Municipal Board hearings
