- Real Estate (July 2010) - Cross-Border Leasing Issues: Negotiating Hot Spots

Articles in this issue:

• Cross-Border Leasing Issues: Negotiating Hot Spots

- Real Estate (April 2010) - Commercial Leasing - Timely Topics

Articles in this Bulletin

• Ontario’s New Harmonized Sales Tax: Practical Considerations for Landlords and Tenants
• Lease Assignments in Bankruptcy and Insolvency: Where Do We Go From Here?
• International Financial Reporting Standards and Operating Cost Recoveries
• Lease Take-Overs: Key Issues and Concerns

- Business Law (December 2009) - Business Corporations Act (Quebec) – Enactment of the Act

Articles in this issue:

• Business Corporations Act (Quebec) – Enactment of the Act

- Blakes Bulletin on Real Estate (November 2009) - Key Issues in Mortgage Loan Purchases

Articles in this issue:

• Key Issues in Mortgage Loan Purchases
  
  
• Leases for Sale-Leaseback Deals – How do they Differ from Traditional Lease Transactions?

- Tax (October 2009) - Ontario and British Columbia Announce HST Transitional Rules

Articles in this issue:

• Ontario and British Columbia Announce HST Transitional Rules

- Business Law (October 2009) - Business Corporations Act – In-Depth Reform of Companies Act

Articles in this issue:

• Business Corporations Act – In-Depth Reform of Companies Act

- Commercial Real Estate (September 2009) - Preparing for the Turnaround

Articles in this issue:

• Preparing the Property for Sale - Pre-Market Due Diligence
• Preparing the Property for Sale – Lease and Contract Review
• Preparing the Property for Sale – Financing Considerations
• Papering the Transaction
• Assumption of Mortgages
• Representations and Warranties

- Restructuring & Insolvency (August 2009) - Insolvency Law Amendments to Take Effect on September 18, 2009

Articles in this issue:

• Insolvency Law Amendments to Take Effect on September 18, 2009

- Restructuring & Insolvency (August 2009) - Mortgage Enforcement in Alberta

Articles in this issue:

• Mortgage Enforcement in Alberta

- Real Estate (April 2009) - Tenant Exit Strategies

Articles in this issue:

• Tenant Exit Strategies
• Buying Time: Rent Relief Agreements
• Preventing an Insecurity Complex: What to Do Before Your Landlord Goes Under
• Hot Sublease Market? Beware Sections 21 and 39(2) of Commercial Tenancies Act (Ontario)

- Real Estate (February 2009) - Commercial Lease Gross-Ups

Articles in this issue:

• Commercial Lease Gross-Ups

- Real Estate (February 2009) - Real Estate Developers Beware – New Amendments to Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act Will Apply to You

Articles in this issue:

• Real Estate Developers Beware – New Amendments to Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act Will Apply to You

- Real Estate (November 2008) - Expropriation and Compensation – The British Columbia Framework

Articles in this issue:

• Expropriation and Compensation – The British Columbia Framework

- Real Estate Mortgage Enforcement (October 2008)

Articles in this issue:

• Selecting a Mortgage Enforcement Remedy
• Importance of Information-Gathering Before Choosing a Mortgage Enforcement Strategy
• Business and Legal Considerations in Settling on Enforcement Strategy
• Power of Sale Process: Issuing a Notice of Sale
• "No Further Proceedings" Trap — Section 42 of Mortgages Act (Ontario)
• Understanding the Implications of the Goodyear Case and the Concepts of Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment
• Rights of Mortgagor and Subsequent Encumbrancers in Mortgage Enforcement Proceedings
• Standard of Care Imposed on Lender in Power of Sale Scenario
• The "Quit Claim Deed" Alternative: Let's Make a Deal
• Questions to Ask Before Taking Possession in a Mortgage Enforcement Setting
• Legal Implications of Possession in the Context of Mortgage Default
• Possession Following Mortgage Default and Environmental Liability
• Privately Appointed and Court-Appointed Receivers
• Going for the Money: Suing on Mortgage Debt in Ontario

- Real Estate Leasing (April 2008)

Articles in this issue:

• Lender Non-Disturbance Agreements – Pitfalls and Traps
• Commercial Leasing and Ontario’s Limitations Regime
• How To Avoid Little-Noticed Traps in Subleasing
• Green Buildings and Green Leases: What’s in it for Me?
• Green Building Designations for Greenhorns: LEED vs. BOMA Go Green
• Landlord Waivers

- Real Estate Leasing (November 2007)

Articles in this issue:

• What’s in a Name? Building Naming Rights as Part of a Lease Transaction
• Sale-Leaseback Transactions 
• Conducting Leasing Due Diligence? Watch for These Nine Lease Provisions
• New Asbestos Regulation Affects Landlords and Tenants
• Illegal Drug Manufacturing Operations: Growing Liability for Property Owners/Managers

- Infrastructure (November 2007) - Thirty Billion Dollars and a Bill to Govern Infrastructure Spending in the Province of Quebec

Articles in this issue:

• Thirty Billion Dollars and a Bill to Govern Infrastructure Spending in the Province of Quebec

- Real Estate Development (October 2006) - Joint Ventures – Different Vehicles

Articles in this issue:

• Overview
• Joint Ventures – Different Vehicles
• Alternative and Mezzanine Financing
• Owners and the “Standard” Construction Contract
• Buildings Located at the Intersection of Real and Intellectual Property
• Québec Real Estate Owners Become Guarantors of Contractors’ Obligations
• Land Transfer Tax in Ontario – Potential Hidden Liability in Construction Contracts and the Audit Process

- Real Estate (March 2006) - Partnering, Priorities and Permitting ... Perspectives Across Canada

Articles in this issue:

• Partnering, Priorities and Permitting ... Perspectives Across Canada
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Construction Lending
• Turning Brownfields into Green
• Canadian Land Development: A Comparative Review By Region — The Ontario Framework
• Variances and Similarities in The British Columbia Framework
• Variances and Similarities in the Québec Framework

- Real Estate (November 2003) - Operating Costs Charge Backs—Why They Are Increasing

Articles in this issue:

• Operating Costs Charge Backs—Why They Are Increasing
• Ensuring Creditworthiness of Tenants
• Managing Risk
• Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreements
• Municipal Property Tax Rebates for Vacant Units
• Top Five Lease Provision Turnoffs for Prospective Purchasers or Lenders
• Assignment or Subletting Requiring Consent—What’s Unreasonable?
• Landlord and Tenant Environmental Liability—Minimizing the Risk
• Comparison of Quebec and Ontario Commercial Lease Issues