by Natalka Falcomer | Apr 8, 2020 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Legal Issues
During this unprecedented time, the rules, relief available and government statements are ever changing. And they’re changing because of the various impacts COVID-19 is having on how and if we can work and how we live. As such, the information below regarding rent...
by Natalka Falcomer | Mar 20, 2020 | Featured, Legal Issues
I often hear “it’s not like the old days” when a person’s word was as good as an ironclad written contract. Unfortunately, Health Quest Inc. v. Arizona Heat Inc. reminds us that the “good old days” are far behind us. The case provides several important lessons about...
by Natalka Falcomer | Feb 11, 2020 | Legal Issues
There is a big legal difference between a sublease and an assignment and recent case law reminds us why. In V Hazelton Limited v. Perfect Smile Dental Inc., the tenant, with the landlord’s permission, decided to relocate his business and sublease his unit to a...
by Natalka Falcomer | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured
Stories about Toronto’s booming real estate market dominated the headlines of 2019. Here’s hoping that stories about investing in Toronto’s infrastructure dominate the headlines of 2020. If not, we may end up in the unenviable position of New York City where crumbling...
by Natalka Falcomer | Dec 5, 2019 | Featured
The retail industry is in a revolution. Store closures hit a record high of 7,600 and surprising bankruptcies ravaged the retail battlefield in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Once iconic brands died embarrassing deaths at the hands of hungry upstarts – upstarts that understood...