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Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Offices
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40 Temperance Street
Toronto, ON M5H 0B4
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Jonathan Freeman
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Real Estate & Development
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Jonathan Freeman is a partner at Cassels, serving as Chair of the Real Estate & Development Group and as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Jonathan’s practice focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate law, including real estate lending transactions and acquisitions and dispositions of commercial properties. He routinely represents traditional bank and non-bank lenders in complex real estate financing transactions, including those relating to term, acquisition, mezzanine and construction loan facilities. Jonathan also has extensive experience with CMHC insured loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities and other types of securitized debt. He has financed all real estate asset classes, including many of Canada’s largest seniors housing projects, hotels, office buildings, shopping centres and multi-family residential apartment complexes. Jonathan also advises issuers and underwriters in capital market offerings, as well as some of Canada’s largest REITs, private equity funds, developers and real estate investment companies on mergers and acquisitions, cross border real estate transactions, joint venture structuring, asset management and insolvency related matters.
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Canada > Real estate
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP leverages the bench strength of locations in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary to advise financial institutions, real estate investment trusts, national retailers, commercial real estate investors, owners, developers, municipalities and educational and public institutions (including the Canada Life Assurance Company and the University of Toronto) on a diverse spectrum of matters. They range from real estate financing and joint ventures to commercial acquisitions and dispositions, land development and leasing. The team is headed by Jonathan Freeman, a specialist in the financing of senior housing projects, office buildings, hotels, shopping centres and multi-family residential apartment complexes. Other key figures include leasing expert Armen Khajetoorian and Ardy Mohajer, who brings strength to real estate financing transactions. All lawyers identified work in Toronto.
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