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Negotiating lease agreements can consume valuable time and financial resources. However, well-executed lease agreements protect business interests and can increase a company’s asset value. The key to success is engaging a commercial lease agreement lawyer who specializes in clearly defining the obligations of each party, as well as the specialized terms of the agreement. Clear communication from the outset makes for a more positive, productive relationship between landlords and tenants over the long term.

McMillan’s Commercial Real Estate Group uses its expertise in commercial leasing to help clients—both landlords and tenants—structure, prepare and negotiate a full range of commercial lease agreements, including industrial, retail, office and ground leases. By preparing template and/or precedent lease documentation, our commercial lease agreement lawyers add value to our clients’ businesses by maximizing efficiencies throughout the process, while mitigating potential risk.

Whether assisting with lease negotiations, advising clients with regards to daily property management issues, developing green building initiatives, drafting sublease or landlord consent documentation, or reviewing estoppel certificates, our retail commercial lease lawyers help clients protect their interests and preserve the landlord/tenant relationship.

Our lawyers help commercial, and business real estate clients lead by providing counsel on site acquisition, assisting with lease negotiations and agreements, structuring property management contracts, structuring sales and leasebacks, designing tenders and advising on auctions.

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Clear as Mud: Analyzing Voluntary Property Control Removals So Far

The Competition Bureau's recent announcement about a grocer agreeing to remove a exclusive/restrictive covenant raises more questions than answers.

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Jan 20, 2025
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Know What You Are Leasing: Case Comment on Augusta Studios Inc. v 8699011 Canada Inc., 2024 ONSC 1905

A case comment on carefully describing areas that are or are not intended to be leased, and when a landlord ought to know about a subtenancy.

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Jan 9, 2025
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Towards a Shared Understanding: Canada’s New Sustainable Investment Guidelines & Mandated Climate Disclosures

Canada’s New Sustainable Investment Guidelines (Taxonomy) & Mandated Climate Disclosures

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Nov 4, 2024
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The Competition Bureau Goes Property Hunting (in Search of Anticompetitive Leases)

Analyzing the Competition Bureau's preliminary guidelines describing its approach for challenging competitor "property controls" in commercial leases

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Aug 13, 2024
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Commercial Real Estate: Year in Review

Key changes in the Ontario and British Columbia commercial real estate landscape that will play a role in the industry throughout 2024.

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May 1, 2024
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Warning For Businesses: Companies Can be Liable for Tort of Bribery Even if They Did Not Intend to Pay or Receive a Bribe

Businesses with a duty to provide impartial advice must take steps to ensure the payments they make or receive are not later interpreted as bribes.

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Apr 12, 2024
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Storm Clouds Looming: The Impact of Competition Act Changes on Leasing

The Affordable Housing and Groceries Act (Bill C-56) recently introduced changes to the Competition Act (Canada) which will govern all landlord and tenant leases and other agreements, not just those of grocery stores

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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Offer to Lease Listing Agreements – What to Look for as a Landlord Looking to Hire a Broker

What to look for when negotiating a listing agreement with a broker for an offer to lease commercial property as a landlord.

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Mar 26, 2024
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Storm Clouds Looming: The Impact of Competition Act Changes on Leasing

Our upcoming seminar will help tenants and landlords prepare for anti-competitive agreement changes under the Competition Act, as summarized in this bulletin

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Mar 4, 2024
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Competition Act Amendments Proceed at Pace

Bill C-56, the Affordable Housing and Groceries Act, part of the federal government’s efforts to overhaul the Competition Act, has received Royal Assent.

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Dec 28, 2023