Practices Areas
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Real Estate & Leasing
Real Estate & Leasing Legal Services
Commercial Real Estate
One of the greatest strengths of our firm lies in real estate law. Our real estate team has the expertise to offer guidance, practical assistance and to help secure the deal. We assist company’s that are involved in purchasing, selling or financing commercial and development properties or leasing commercial premises, or if your real estate relationship is the subject of dispute.
We represent many developers, investors, and builders who have been active in the real estate industries acrossCanada. Lawyers in this group regularly handle matters involved with preparing for and the development of subdivisions, variance and other land use matters, as well as large and complex real estate developments, acquisitions and financing.
Properties we handle include: Shopping Centres (Malls), Apartment Buildings,OfficeTowers, Hotels, Resorts and recreational properties.
Condominium
GSNH has a particular expertise in the legalities of condominium development and we find creative solutions to the complex issues associated with condominium development. Our legal expertise is from initial conception to completion, whether it be a modest townhouse project or a multi-phase, high-rise building. Well-seasoned, we are equipped to handle individual and high volume transactions in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
Our services also extend to the condominium corporation itself, from property management issues, liens for common expenses, interpretation and negotiation of contracts, to advising on a myriad of other issues in the condominium context. All in all, we have found that careful planning, and effective and immediate communication with our clients have proven to be the key to our success in the condominium area.
Financing
Financing is a vital component of the service that we provide to our commercial real estate clients. Our financing law group is instrumental in developing the financing strategy and requisites, both from the developer/owner perspective as well as from the lender perspective.
We are an approved law firm for a number of major financial institutions and private lenders, and have been involved in a wide variety of transactions, ranging from small mortgages to large and sophisticated commercial mortgage loans, project financing from acquisition of the land through development to take-out mortgaging.
Commercial Leasing
Commercial leasing is a complex field that covers different categories of properties, each with its own characteristics. Landlords and tenants—the key parties on opposite sides of the commercial leasing relationship—have particular interests and points of view. The ability to successfully manage these varied interests requires detailed knowledge of and extensive experience within commercial leasing. In today’s competitive leasing industry, whether you are a landlord or a tenant, you need a well crafted lease to protect your interests for the long term.
Our legal leasing team at GSNH excels in the drafting and negotiating of leases and lease-related contracts. We represent developers, lenders, property and asset managers, landlords and tenants of all types of retail, office and industrial properties. GSNH can negotiate your leases and related agreements, help structure transactions and help with the enforcement of landlord and tenant rights and remedies to achieve win-win results for landlords and tenants.
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