Real Property Development

In today’s hot market, property developers need fast, spot-on advice to structure, sell and create successful projects.

Developers of large residential, commercial, mixed-use, fractional or condominium hotel or resort property trust McCarthy Tétrault to support complex projects through every potential phase. We have experience in site acquisition, financing, partnership and joint-venture structuring, construction contracts, approvals for entitlements and municipal permitting, leasing and marketing and sales.

Developers choose McCarthy Tétrault for our:

• Bench strength. We address your every need with one of Canada’s largest real estate practices. As needed, our real property lawyers team with other McCarthy Tétrault specialists in hospitality, labour and employment, financial services, securities, tax (income tax, GST, commodity tax), litigation or corporate services.
• Experience. We are veterans of this sector, with decades of experience.
• Service. We understand your business: the issues, opportunities and pressures. We’re responsive and available when you call.
• Creativity. We know the options and have the imagination to customize innovative solutions.

Successful condominium developers – particularly those involved in sophisticated condominium hotel and resort projects in key markets across Canada – choose McCarthy Tétrault for our:

• Track record. We’ve been involved in condominium-style development since the first big wave in the 1980s.
• Leadership. For complex condominium hotel projects in Ontario, we are pioneers in obtaining exemptions from the Ontario Securities Commission to permit the sale of rental pool units without a securities prospectus. In British Columbia, we wrote a book on condominiums. The McCarthy Tétrault Annotated British Columbia Strata Property Act is the deskbook for any developer, property manager, strata or condo corporation in B.C.
• Full service. We ensure that projects satisfy all local policies and legislative requirements for:
  • structuring the project – i.e., common and shared facilities, exclusive use areas, commercial v. residential facilities, phasing and community associations;
  • pre-selling units – preparing real estate disclosure statements or prospectuses, complying with securities and pre-marketing regulations;
  • registering condominium/strata plans, declarations, descriptions and bylaws and developing policies; and
  • closing and conveying the individual units.

For more information, please contact:

CALGARY Janet J. MacNeil 403-260-3635 jmacneil@mccarthy.ca view profile /