Leasing Times

A build-to-suit (or design-build) lease is essentially a landlord/developer’s agreement to construct a purpose built building, usually for a single tenant. The landlord will typically own or ground lease the lands (and once...

Section 50 of the Planning Act and its predecessor sections have been in force for many years.  Subsections 50(3) and 50(5) begin with a general prohibition against any conveyance, mortgage, purchase and sale agreement, or “any...

The struggle between landlords and tenants regarding capital costs is not a new one.  Commercial leases address this issue in a variety of ways.  A very recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in RioCan...

In recent years, Canadians have been witness to the reshaping of the Canadian retail landscape, precipitated in large part by a difficult global economic climate resulting in increased insolvencies, restructurings and consolidations...