Patrick Gordon, Toronto

About Patrick

Patrick's practice encompasses a wide range of commercial real estate matters in all asset classes, including purchase and sale transactions, leasing, joint ventures and financings. He also provides real estate advice in connection with a variety of domestic and international mergers and acquisitions transactions. Patrick regularly acts for domestic and international clients, including pension funds, landlords and tenants. His practice has a particular focus advising institutional investors and private equity real estate clients on the purchase and sale of commercial real estate, as well as related financings, joint venture- and management-related matters.

Patrick has spent time practicing in the Middle East, where he gained valuable experience working on international corporate, commercial and real estate matters. He also completed a part-time secondment at one of the Firm’s major clients in the region, working under the company’s general counsel to support various contracting, supply chain, and real property matters and initiatives.

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Recent representative matters include advising:

A major developer of industrial warehouse and distribution facilities on various transactions, including the sale of a major purpose-built facility to its sole tenant, and a landmark acquisition of development land for nearly C$500-million
A Canadian real estate investment advisory services company in connection with various acquisition, development and joint venture matters, including the acquisition of numerous industrial properties throughout the Greater Toronto Area
A Canadian pension fund in connection with various real estate acquisitions, including a C$30-million suburban office building in Mississauga, Ontario, a C$43-million flexible office space property in Toronto, Ontario and a C$158-million LEED Gold-certified warehouse and distribution facility in Brampton, Ontario
A Canadian institutional investor on the more than C$300-million sale of a class ‘A’ office building in the financial centre of Toronto, Ontario
A private equity real estate investor on the sale of a retail plaza and the re-financing of other real properties in connection with their re-development
A private equity real estate investor on the acquisition, sale and re-development of various properties in the Greater Toronto Area
The court-appointed monitor in insolvency proceedings related to the re-positioning and sale of numerous medical office buildings located in Ontario
A North American manufacturer of building products in connection with the development and leasing of a built-for-purpose manufacturing facility in Ottawa, Ontario
A global food & beverage company on various real estate matters including the sale of facilities in Ontario
A global manufacturer on various real estate matters including the sale of a former facility in Ontario
A Canadian REIT in connection with the purchase of an industrial facility in Cambridge, Ontario
Ontario Pension Board in connection with the C$1.9-billion purchase by Ontario Pension Board and Workplace Safety Insurance Board of an undivided 50% interest in a 12-building portfolio of office buildings in downtown Vancouver, including the CF Pacific Centre regional shopping mall, from Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
Ontario Pension Board in connection with the C$960-million purchase of a 30% non-managing interest in the six-building 4.5-million square foot Toronto-Dominion Centre in downtown Toronto, together with an office development site at 16 York Street in downtown Toronto, from Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
A Canadian non-profit organization in connection with a lease of office and programming space in an industrial building in Toronto, Ontario
An international skin-care brand on a range of retail and office leasing matters connected to its entry into the Canadian market
Landlords and tenants in the drafting and negotiation of leases for office, industrial and retail space, lease amending agreements and subleases