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We are the team to get your real estate transactions done. Practical and efficient, our lawyers know real estate inside and out. We can help you achieve your investment goals, realize your development projects, and get the deal done.
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Overview

Fasken’s Real Estate Group is your go-to team of experts in all types of real estate matters. We deliver on major projects and transactions and provide ongoing support for your ongoing leasing, financing and transactional needs. Our bench strength is unmatched across the country.

Fasken lawyers get the deal done. Our primary goal is to achieve your objectives efficiently. We deploy our knowledge, resources and innovative solutions to partner in your success. We can leverage technological solutions and deploy the depth of our whole team to your benefit.

Our clients include real estate developers, private institutional investors, both local and foreign, financial institutions, pension funds, pension fund managers, insurance companies and Crown corporations. We represent both privately held clients and publicly traded corporations and REITs.

We can advise buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, developers and investors and landlords and tenants, in respect of office, retail, industrial, multi-residential and institutional properties. We can take on your development, infrastructure and network projects with hands on experience.

Our lawyers have the local know-how to advise you on the most complex issues facing your projects, while leveraging a truly national platform to execute portfolio-wide strategies and transactions.

Our offices across Canada can simultaneously handle acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, financing, joint ventures and investment transactions in multiple jurisdictions. We are experienced in handling real estate matters for specialized industries and sectors.

Fasken’s Real Estate Group is ranked among the top by respected publications such as Chambers Canada and Legal 500, and many of our team members are recognized by leading industry rankings such as Best Lawyers, Lexpert and Who’s Who Legal.
Many of us have worked in-house at client organizations. We understand what keeps our clients “up at night.”

Browse some of our presentations or contact any of our lawyers to learn more.

Areas of Expertise

  • Acquisitions & Dispositions, Our real estate group is recognized nationwide for its expertise and bench strength. We’ll apply our experience, our efficient processes and our practical advice in order to provide value at every stage of the deal.
  • Affordable Housing, We help clients navigate the policy and regulatory landscape to find solutions to address affordable housing challenges.
  • Commercial Leasing, Fasken understands what it takes to draft sophisticated commercial leases. We’ll work with you to provide the level of assistance and advice that will result in a more valuable lease for your particular business interests.
  • Development, Land Use Planning and Property Tax, Fasken is driven to help clients complete outstanding projects in demanding situations. We ensure plans are both workable and bankable, whether it means strategizing to make the most of available real estate, finding sources of financing or minimizing risks in contracts.
  • Hospitality & Leisure, Fasken understands the challenges in this industry. We work with major investors, owners and managers to create business strategies that maximize returns.
  • Investment Properties & Joint Ventures, Fasken works with clients to ensure the viability of their joint ventures. Whether you need to navigate governance issues, create mechanisms that promote value creation or incentivize partners, we can help.
  • Mixed-Use, Multi-Residential & Condominium Projects, Fasken has decades of experience in helping clients complete complex real estate projects of all kinds.
  • Real Estate Financing, Fasken simplifies complex matters by streamlining negotiations. Borrowers and lenders have numerous options, but choosing the right strategy and structuring the deal can be daunting without an experienced legal team at your side.
  • Transportation, Networks & Utilities, Fasken facilitates the assembly, acquisition and negotiation of land rights through direct negotiation and expropriation. Our national expertise is also helpful for clients pursuing concurrent regulatory approvals from authorities at every level and in every location where their operations and assets are held.

Achievements

  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Property Development, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2020 to 2026
  • Ranked nationwide in Real Estate, The Globe and Mail 2022 to 2026
  • Ranked nationwide in Real Estate Law, The Legal 500 Canada 2018 to 2026
  • Recognized in Commercial Leasing Law in Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2020 to 2025
  • Recognized in Real Estate Law in South Africa, Best Lawyers 2021 to 2025
  • Ranked as top tier (Band 1) in Real Estate in Quebec, Chambers Canada 2016 to 2025
  • Ranked nationwide in Real Estate , Chambers Canada 2016 to 2025
  • Ranked nationwide in South Africa in Real Estate, Chambers Global 2025
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Property Leasing law, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2020 to 2025
  • Ranked in Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use in Quebec, Chambers Canada 2024 to 2025

Team

Primary Contacts
  • Andrea L. Centa, Partner | Co-Leader, Real Estate Law, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3348, [email protected]
  • Mariella Lo Papa, Partner | Co-Leader, Real Estate Law, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 4348, [email protected]
  • Carmine Boskovich, Partner | Co-Leader, Real Estate Law, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4831, [email protected]
Real estate lawyer in Toronto, Ontario, Andrea Centa Andrea L. Centa Partner | Co-Leader, Real Estate Law Toronto, ON +1 416 868 3348
Mariella Lo Papa Montréal Partner/Associé Mariella Lo Papa Partner | Co-Leader, Real Estate Law Montréal, QC +1 514 397 4348
Carmine Boskovich, Partner | Co-Leader, Real Estate Law Carmine Boskovich Partner | Co-Leader, Real Estate Law Vancouver, BC +1 604 631 4831

Experience

  • La Ronde to be acquired by EPR Properties, [Deal - Six Flags], Sale of La Ronde to ERP Properties.
  • Carttera completes sale of four‑building industrial portfolio to Cadillac Fairview in Mississauga, [Deal - Carttera Management Inc. and Carttera Private Equities], Canadian real estate developer completes multi-building industrial portfolio disposition in the Greater Toronto Area
  • La Caisse and Investissement Québec make strategic investment in Honco Group to support the growth of Québec-based steel processor, [Deal - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Investissement Québec], La Caisse and Investissement Québec make strategic investment in Honco Group.
  • Special Committee of independent trustees of H&R Real Estate Investment Trust review of strategic alternatives, [Deal - Special Committee of H&R Real Estate Investment Trust], Fasken advised the Special Committee of H&R Real Estate Investment Trust, with a team that included Grant McGlaughlin, Gesta Abols, George Soules and Barbara Clark (Capital Markets and M&A).
  • Supreme Court of Canada rules in favour of Toronto homeowners in landmark adverse possession case, [Case - Pawel Kosicki and Megan Munro], Supreme Court clarifies that adverse possession applies to municipal land, siding with Toronto homeowners in a landmark property law case.
  • Middlefield’s Infrastructure Dividend Split Corp. Establishes $150 Million ATM (at-the-market) Equity Program, [Deal - Middlefield Limited], Canadian equity income asset manager established "at-the market" equity program.
  • Sumitomo Forestry America Inc. completes its acquisition of Teal Jones - Plain Dealing, LLC from Teal Jones Lumber Services Inc., [Deal - Sumitomo Forestry America, Inc.], US$29 million acquisition in forestry industry
  • A manufacturer seeks remittance of misappropriated commercial secrets, [Case - A leading manufacturer of doors and windows], Representing a manufacturer in a commercial secrets misappropriation case against a former executive.
  • Dispute over shares in privately held company resolved by privity of contract, [Case - Marvin Rubner and Y.A.D. Investments Limited], Marvin Rubner wins application confirming entitlement to disputed shares in privately held company.

Knowledge

  • Commentary on the Decision in Jean c. Municipalité de Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka: Superior Court Condemns Municipal Bad Faith and Upholds Landowners’ Legitimate Expectations, 3/19/2026
  • B.C. Budget 2026: Real Estate Highlights, 2/25/2026
  • Changes to Vancouver's Development Approval Procedures: What You Need to Know, 12/3/2025
  • An Early Review of Toronto’s Local Appeals Tribunal, 11/7/2025
  • Proposed Regulations to the Ontario Construction Act: What You Need to Know, 9/15/2025
  • Unlocking Homeownership: Federal Government Unveils New GST Rebate for First-Time Homebuyers, 7/15/2025
  • Block exemption regulations for ports, rail and key feeder road corridors now in place, 5/13/2025
  • Alberta's Data Centre Boom: Powering the Digital Frontier, 4/29/2025
  • Managing Real Estate Development Headwinds: BCFSA Pilot Program Increases Timing Flexibility for Developers, 3/18/2025
  • Jamming the Revolving Door: BC Introduces New Residential Property Flipping Tax, 12/4/2024

Events

  • Recent Developments in Commercial Real Estate Litigation, 5/20/2026
  • Municipal and Expropriation Law Summit, 11/28/2024
  • Latest Developments in Municipal and Administrative Law, 5/22/2024
  • Summit on Municipal and Expropriation Law, 11/22/2023
  • Reform of the act respecting land use planning and development and new authorities, 6/7/2023
  • Bail commercial developpements recents et lecons a tirer de la pandemie, 11/23/2022
  • Sommet-en-droit-municipal-et-urbanisme, 11/15/2022
  • Challenging a Property Assessment, 1/18/2017
  • What’s new: Securities on monetary claims and in favour of a hypothecary representative, 5/25/2016

News

  • James-Scott Lee rejoins Fasken as Partner in the Banking & Finance Group, 1/7/2026
  • Sarah Turney shares her perspective on a pivotal Supreme Court ruling regarding an adverse possession claim in Canadian Lawyer, 9/19/2025
  • Julie Banville Joins Fasken as Partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group, 12/12/2024
  • Rhulani Nkomo Joins Fasken as Partner in the Finance and Projects Group, 11/5/2024
  • The 2021 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory Recognizes 235 Fasken Lawyers, 4/22/2021
  • Frédéric Gilbert Admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers, 3/13/2020
  • Fasken Receives High Recognition in the 2019 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 4/22/2019
  • Seventy-Eight Fasken lawyers recognized in Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2018, 12/7/2018
  • Chambers Canada names Fasken “Employment Law Firm of the Year 2018” and Recognizes 93 of Fasken Lawyers in the 2019 Guide, 9/21/2018
  • Fasken Wins Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year in the 2019 Best Lawyers in Canada Guide, 8/21/2018

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