leasing

a new lease on business

Whether you are a commercial landlord or a tenant who leases or subleases industrial, retail or office space, McMillan can help negotiate, implement and manage your leasing relationships. The commercial leasing practitioners in our Commercial Real Estate Group provide a full range of legal services to landlords and tenants for all types of commercial leases. Our Group also structures and negotiates ground leases and other unique and creative lease arrangements, including those involving joint venture agreements. No matter what your core business, McMillan's knowledge of commercial leasing practices can add value to any negotiation.

our experience and expertise

McMillan is recognized as a leader in the practice of commercial leasing law in Canada. Members of the Commercial Real Estate Group have been recognized nationally and internationally for their expertise in all areas related to commercial leasing. McMillan efficiently structures, prepares, and negotiates all types of commercial leases for landlords and tenants, including industrial, retail, office and ground leases, to realize our client's business goals.

McMillan's landlord clients include financial institutions, public corporations and private property owners and managers.

Our Group has also created value for our clients by preparing template or precedent lease documentation and providing efficient and effective lease work-flows that lower costs to landlords on ongoing transactions.

Many of our tenant clients are major national and regional retailers operating with leases as an integral part of their daily commercial activity. McMillan also acts for industrial, warehouse and office tenants whose core competency may not be leasing, and for such clients, McMillan is a trusted advisor helping them successfully complete all aspects of the lease transaction. This includes assisting on arrangements with brokers and in issuing RFPs for space.

the lease relationship

Lease relationships involving landlords and tenants evolve over time and often require decisions by both parties on renewals, amendments and restructuring. Our clients benefit from our extensive experience when these decisions must be made to provide sound and practical legal advice. Our lawyers advise both landlords and tenants on such issues as contractual and statutory rights and obligations that arise during the ongoing lease relationship, including whether the other party has committed a breach.

Applying its considerable experience with asset and property management issues, our Commercial Real Estate Group acts for property owners and property managers by preparing and negotiating sophisticated property management documentation for commercial, industrial and multi-tenanted residential properties.

We also advise our landlord clients on the full range of lease remedies. When the need arises, we act for landlords and tenants in connection with commercial lease litigation.

we wrote the book

The lawyers in our Commercial Real Estate Group drafted and edited the Leases volume of O'Brien's Encyclopedia of Forms, one of Canada's leading legal publications. We also assisted the Real Property Association of Canada (REALPAC) with the development of standard form leases for the real estate industry.

Our lawyers participate in a number of industry organizations and speak regularly on real estate topics before clients, industry associations and other organizations. The Commercial Real Estate Group publishes a regular bulletins to alert clients to legislative and business developments in the real estate sector.

We at McMillan are proud of our service in this industry and are pleased to offer this extensive knowledge to all of our clients.