Elizabeth Earon Counsel | Toronto

About Elizabeth

Beth's practice encompasses a wide range of commercial real estate matters, including leasing, purchase and sale transactions, and financings. She regularly acts for a broad range of domestic and international clients, including pension funds, lenders, institutional investors, landlords and tenants.

Beth has a particular interest in leasing and has acted for both landlords and tenants on a range of matters, including sale/leasebacks, lease financings and negotiations of leases for office, industrial and retail properties, lease amending agreements, and sublease and assignment agreements.

Select Experience

Some recent transactions that are representative of Beth's practice include acting for:

Sycamore Partners in connection with its acquisition of the Canadian business of Lowe's Companies
Starlight Investments and KingSett Capital in connection with their C$4.9-billion acquisition of Northview Apartment REIT
Americold Realty Trust on its acquisition, through its subsidiary Nova Cold Logistics ULC, of Liberty Infrastructures ULC
DSV Solutions Inc. on its sale and leaseback of a 1.1-million-square-foot build-to-suit industrial logistics property at Yukon Court in Milton, Ontario
Cactus Restaurant Group, in connection with their lease restaurant locations across Canada, including those under the "Cactus Club Cafe" banner
One of the largest food companies globally, providing leasing advice for various retail locations in Canada
Ribbon Building, The Distillery Historical District in connection with Collège Boréal's future campus in Toronto's Distillery District
JCF Capital ULC in its acquisition of the debt on Trump International Hotel and Tower in Toronto, Ontario
Sun Life Assurance Company in connection with real property financings, including first mortgage acquisition financing
TransGlobe Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust in the acquisition and financing of 57 properties as part of a management internalization transaction, and its subsequent privatization
A Crown agency in numerous transactions involving the acquisition of rail corridors
Ontario Pension Board in its C$370-million purchase of Erin Mills Town Centre regional shopping centre, Mississauga, Ontario
A major North American entity in its sale of several office sites located in Toronto, Ontario
MaRS Discovery District on a range of leasing matters for its Toronto MaRS Centre Development, including lease negotiations and renewals
Morguard Investments on lease amending agreements relating to tenant conversions
EmTwo Properties on a range of leasing matters, including early surrenders, renewals and assignments
Landlords and tenants in the drafting and negotiation of leases for office, industrial and retail space, lease amending agreements and subleases

Publications

Co-author : Leasehold Mortgages
LSO: The Eight-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer, March 1, 2023.
Author : Offers to Lease: What to Watch Out For
LSUC: The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer, February 25, 2019.
Co-author : Non-Resident Purchaser/Vendor Issues
LSUC: Commercial Real Estate Transactions, September 20, 2018.
Author : A "Smaller" Tenant's "Top Ten": Lease Provisions to Think About When You Don't Have Clout
LSUC: The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer, February 22, 2017.

Professional Appearances

Speaker : Legal Concepts II - The Credit Agreement (Clauses) Enforcement & Recovery (Options, Process & Timelines)
REALPAC – Lending in Commercial Real Estate Course (Webinar), November 14, 2024.
Speaker : Commercial Leasing: Adapting to Evolving Commercial Real Estate Dynamics
Blakes Business Class Seminar, May 15, 2024.
Speaker : Tenant Exit Strategies
2023 ICSC Canadian Law Conference, Toronto, Ontario, May 5, 2023.
Speaker : Leasehold Mortgages
LSO – The Eight-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer, Webinar, March 1, 2023.
Co-speaker : Co-Tenancy Issues
2022 ICSC Canadian Law Conference, Webinar, September 22, 2022.