Intelligence

Corporate Disputes convened practitioners from Canada, Spain, the United Kingdom, Mexico, the United States, the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland to discuss how infrastructure disputes are changing.

With urban densification and asset repositioning reshaping commercial real estate across Canada, aging properties are giving way to mixed-use towers, transit-oriented developments and modern office campuses. For landlords, the ability to terminate a lease can unlock redevelopment potential; for tenants, an unexpected termination can disrupt operations and erode years of capital investment.

For manufacturers, finding the right property is often treated as a practical question of location, size, cost, transportation access, and room for equipment. Those factors matter, but they do not answer a more important question: whether the property can legally support the way the business operates today and the way it may need to operate tomorrow.

Canadian landlords and tenants face mounting pressure from tariffs, trade wars, and economic uncertainty. This bulletin examines how parties can navigate rent relief negotiations, drawing on pandemic-era case law to identify what works, what fails, and where the risks lie when enforcement becomes necessary.

What happens when a new-build home appraises for less than the price you agreed to pay? Real estate lawyer Paria Rad discusses the closing challenge this can create and how a lawyer may help you seek a resolution with the builder.

Barrie real estate lawyer Laura Rosati explains how unequal ownership, tenancy in common, joint tenancy and lender requirements can affect Ontario homebuyers. She also discusses why the ownership structure shown on title may not change each borrower’s mortgage liability.