Extensive experience in all aspects of real estate and development

Our real estate and development lawyers have expertise in all aspects of acquisition, disposition, financing, use and development of realty assets. This group acts for many public and private organizations, developers, lenders, architects and others involved in the real estate industry.

When the need arises, our experienced litigation group is there to assist our real estate clients in dealing with all related litigation and insurance matters.

We also have an experienced commercial leasing team that assists both landlords and tenants in multi-tenant, mixed use office, retail and industrial buildings in the Ottawa area and Eastern Ontario.

Extensive experience in condominiums has enabled our real estate group to gain significant expertise in all matters related to new condominium development, existing condominiums, new conversions, and other forms multiple unit housing, including mixed use residential and commercial developments.

Specific experience in real estate, development and related services includes:

• Condominium development and condominium law
• Subdivision plans
• Mixes use development on shared private services
• Commercial acquisitions, sales and financing
• Official plan amendments
• Construction liens
• Zoning amendments, interpretations, variances and permissions
• Severances and part lot control exemptions
• Site plan approvals
• Site corporations
• Building permits and building code compliance
• Enforcement of by-laws and property standards
• Expropriations
• Assessment appeals
• Conversion of rental buildings, co-tenancies and co-operatives to other forms of property ownership
• Joint venture agreements
• Environmental issues related to real property

We also handle all legal aspects of environment site assessment and remediation, brownfields incentives, environmental assessment for site servicing and other related environmental initiatives.

Our lawyers have appeared before the Ontario Municipal Board, the License Appeals Tribunal, the Assessment Review Board, municipal councils, Land Division Committees and the courts.

Nelligan O'Brien Payne is a member in good standing with the Greater Ottawa Home Builders' Association and the Canadian Condominium Institute.