Building owners that lease their property using a turnover rent (or "percentage rent") structure to retailers are facing an important challenge relative to capturing revenue from online sales.

Ontario's government has introduced a new legislation called "Measures Respecting Premises with Illegal Drug Activity Act, 2025" ("the Act").

On October 28, 2020, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in 7636156 Canada Inc. (Re), 2020 ONCA 681 ("OMERS"), on appeal from the decision of the Ontario Superior Court

In most commercial leases, a tenant's option to extend or renew the lease is generally subject to the tenant's satisfaction of a common set of conditions.

Minden Gross LLP lawyers Michael Horowitz and Steven Birken provide suggestions on clauses for landlords to include when considering to incorporate cannabis into a tenant's permitted use.

When landlords change the tenants to whom they lease their buildings, they need to consider how the new tenant will use the property.

The offer to lease is typically a short document between the landlord and tenant that sets out the key terms and conditions governing their relationship.

When leasing commercial property in Ontario, one of the most significant risks faced by both landlords and tenants relates to potential liability for environmental contamination on the property.

The recent furor surrounding the federal government with regard to procurement rules has raised awareness of the tough penalties that can apply to companies that run afoul of anti-corruption

As commercial tenants do not have a default legal entitlement to renew or extend an existing lease, a common element of many leases is a right in favour of the tenant to continue its occupancy beyond the expiry of the current term.

The federal government, in partnership with the provincial and territorial governments, has established the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program (CECRA) for small business owners paying rent.

What many tenants don't know is there is a specific section of the Income Tax Act indicating that they are responsible to withhold 25% of the rent they pay to non-resident tax residents of Canada.

As stated in a previous blog post, the city of Toronto proposed a registration and licensing system for short-term rentals in order to open up long-term rentals for Torontonians.

Royal Host GP Inc. v 1842259, 2018 ONCA 467 is an Ontario Court of Appeal decision regarding the commercial landlord's right to subrogate.

The issue addressed in this piece concerns what rights the mortgage creditor may retain on the rents produced by a building, after its mortgagor has disposed of the mortgaged building, without this creditor having...

Anastase Maragos and Robert Powell share insights on why it's crucial to share your lease agreement with your insurance broker.

In our last article, What does a managed service look like in the legal world? we described a managed service as the practice of outsourcing to an external legal service provider...

COVID-19, the coronavirus dominating headlines in recent weeks, has become a global pandemic. In the past 72 hours there has been increasing concern as to the extent of the pandemic.

Once again the courts have confirmed that commercial tenants must pay their rent, despite arguments about the effect of COVID-19.

Immovables are frequently owned by several co-owners, residential condominiums being one example that naturally comes to mind.