Real Estate

About

Provided by Lawson Lundell LLP

​Lawson Lundell’s Real Estate Group acts for developers, institutional and private investors, pension funds, pipeline, mining, energy and utility companies, contractors, and government agencies who undertake and manage a broad range of real estate projects and portfolios, including commercial, industrial, institutional, residential and mixed use. We provide advice on British Columbia legislation such as the Land Title Act, Strata Property Act, Real Estate Development Marketing Act, Real Estate Services Act, Property Transfer Tax Act, Mining Right of Way Act, Oil and Gas Activities Act and the Agricultural Land Commission Act, among others.

We have the expertise, resources and reputation to provide our clients with responsive, pragmatic and cost-efficient advice. In addition to serving our clients, our lawyers are frequently called upon to participate in educational presentations for the legal profession and the development industry, and are also active and contributing members of industry associations such as the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Urban Development Institute.

Our areas of expertise include:

• Acquisitions & Divestments​
• Leasing 
• Infrastructure
• Development
• Ownership Structuring
• Financing
• Expropriation
• Municipal Law
• Litigation
• Property Tax, Property Transfer Tax, Foreign Buyers' Tax and Vacancy Tax
• Environmental/Contaminated Sites
• Indigenous Law
• Strata Property Wind-Ups