Tag: Real Estate

Tag: Real Estate

COMMERCIAL LEASING: All About Zoning, Renewals, and Extensions

Zoning Disputes concerning the Smartcentres have been in the spotlight for much of this past year, illustrating the significant hurdles developers face when seeking approval for...

COMMERCIAL LEASING: All About Transfers

Involvements of matters relating to assignments are substantial in commercial leasing, as will be seen in this part of our ongoing series.Transfers In respect to assignments,...

COMMERCIAL LEASING: Past, Precedent, and Future

In the third part of our review of trends in Canadian commercial law, several interesting cases are discussed.Canadian Western Bank v. 702348 Alberta Ltd.This case highlights...

COMMERCIAL LEASING: Fundamental Breach and Exclusion Clauses

The second instalment in our review of the emerging trends in commercial lease jurisprudence is evident in the lawsuit relating to HREIT Holdings 45 Corp. v....

COMMERCIAL LEASING: The Reality about Realty Taxes

It would appear from the papers reviewed so far in this series that the emphasis was on Commercial Law jurisprudence. There are instances, however, where matters...

COMMERCIAL LEASING: How the Court Applies Equitable Remedies

There have been some interesting developments in commercial leasing law over the last year, among which can be seen important trends in commercial leasing jurisprudence.Equitable RemediesIt...

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: Your responsibility and your neighbor’s

How clean is greenThe proverbial question relating to environmental contamination is the extent of the clean-up that needs to be undertaken. Considerable time and resources have been...

REAL ESTATE OPTIONS: Is an Option to purchase property marketable on the MLS?

An Option to purchase luxurious real estate is a contract between two parties giving the purchaser the exclusive right (without the obligation) to buy the property....

MORTGAGE DEFAULT: Power of Sale or Foreclosure?

Although generally the real estate market in Ontario has been robust, the frenzied market of the past has caused an increase in mortgage defaults as a...

DAMAGES IN REAL ESTATE

When a vendor or purchaser breach an agreement of purchase and sale by not completing the sale transaction, the innocent party may suffer damages and should...