Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust in the $281.1-million acquisition and the financing of Le 4300 and Haddon Hall, two high-end multi-residential properties comprising a total of 528 suites located in the attractive neighbourhoods of Westmount and Ville-Marie in downtown Montréal, Québec.

Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in the $268-million acquisition from Rockhill Apartments Inc. of a multi-residential rental property comprising 1,004 suites in Montréal, Québec. The REIT, which co-acquired the property with Investors Real Property Fund, is the asset and property manager for the co-tenancy and is earning fees for these services.

Alre Properties Inc.

Acted for Alre Properties Inc. in the sale and lease-back transaction for ten Bank of Montreal branches located in Québec and Ontario and acquisition financing related thereof.

Alre Properties Inc.

Acting for Alre Properties Inc. in the development, acquisition and construction financing and the leasing of regional head office for Bank of Montreal in St John's, Newfoundland, with 45,000 square feet of office space, underground parking and 7,500 square feet of retail space.

Alre Properties Inc.

Acted for Alre Properties Inc. in the development, acquisition and construction financing and the leasing of a regional shopping centre in City of Paradise, Newfoundland with over 100,000 square feet of retail leasable area anchored by national food store, gas station and pharmacy.

Alre Properties Inc.

Acted for Alre Properties Inc. in the development, acquisition, construction financing and the leasing of regional head office for Bank of Montreal in Laval, with 60,000 square feet of office space, underground parking and 10,000 square feet of retail space.

Aldo Group Inc., Carttera Management Inc., Sotramont Inc. and LSR GesDev Inc.

Acted for Aldo Group Inc., Carttera Management Inc., Sotramont Inc. and LSR GesDev Inc., in the sale of Arbora Project in Griffintown, Montréal to Oxford Properties Group. Arbora is a unique mixed-use complex made of CLT wood construction.

Airbnb Inc.

Acted for Airbnb Inc. in connection with a joint venture related to the development and construction of an office building in downtown Montréal including an equity participation and the leasing of the building by AirBnb for its new Québec headquarters.

Groupe Montoni / VSL Logistics Hub Limited Partnership

Acted for Groupe Montoni, in partnership with Montez Corporation and Lotus Real Estate Group, in the acquisition, from Sears Canada, of its distribution centre in the borough of Saint-Laurent, in Montréal, and the leaseback to Sears of a 1.6-million sq. ft. portion of the property.

Alre Properties Inc.

Acted for Alre Properties Inc. in connection with the acquisition, and subsequent sale, from the Bank of Montreal of a portfolio of six commercial properties located in Ontario, Québec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the leaseback by Bank of Montreal and the mortgage financing of all of these properties by Royal Bank of Canada.

eStruxture Data Centers Inc.

Acted for eStruxture Data Centers Inc. in the acquisition of the former printing house for The Gazette, a building in the borough of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montréal with a floor area of over 150,000 sq. ft. and built on land comprising 500,000 sq. ft.

Jesta Capital Corp.

Acting for Jesta Capital Corp. in connection with the redevelopment of Gare Viger, a historical site in Old Montréal. It is a $300-million project for a fully integrated mixed-use development comprising a 20-floor residential tower; a worldwide branded hotel with over 175 rooms and suites; retail premises on the ground floor; a 10 floor office tower; and an important underground parking facility

Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.

Acted for Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. in its sale of the building at 680 Sherbrooke Street West to The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (McGill University).

Grifaldo L.P.

Acted for Grifaldo L.P. in connection with the $82-million secured credit facilities to finance the construction of Arbora Griffintown, a mixed-use complex of over 430 residential condominium and rental apartment units, as well as retail/commercial and underground parking spaces in a prime location in Griffintown, Montréal.

Merrimac Manufacturing Co. Inc.

Acted for Merrimac Manufacturing Co. Inc. and First Lasalle Equities Corporation in connection with the sale and leaseback to Skyline Commercial Real Estate Holding Inc. of five commercial properties located in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec.

Alre Properties Inc.

Acted for Alre Properties Inc. in connection with the sale to Fiera Properties Core Fund LP of a portfolio of nine commercial properties located in Québec and one commercial property located in Ontario.

Bank of Montréal

Acted for Bank of Montréal in connection with Fiera Axium Infrastructure Inc.'s $267-million financing of Montréal Gateway Terminals.

Bank of Montréal

Acted for Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, JPMorgan Chase Bank and a syndicate of ten banks in connection with the extension, amendment and increase of Gildan Activewear Inc.'s revolving credit facility to US$1.2 billion.

GENII CAPITAL

Acted as special counsel to a Korean institutional investor consortium led by Hanwha und Kyobo Life Insurance in the acquisition and financing of the Bell Campus project on Nuns' Island, Montréal, Québec.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with the $1.527-billion acquisition of a portfolio of 11 shopping centres, three office properties and one industrial property from Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with the acquisition of Centre Rockland from Ivanhoé Cambridge for $271,685,000. Davies also represented Cominar in financing the acquisition by way of an unsecured bridge facility of up to $275 million.

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

Acted for The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company ("Manulife") in a co-venture with Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc. for the acquisition and development of a high-rise office tower downtown Montréal containing approximately 486,000 square feet and in Manulife's leasing of approximately 270,000 square feet in the tower.

Hydro-Québec Pension Fund

Acted for Grifdor Holdings Inc. and Hydro-Québec Pension Fund in connection with the joint venture acquisition of lands and development of over 430 residential condominium units as well as rental housing units and retail commercial spaces in a prime location in Griffintown, Montréal, with LSR Gestdev Inc. and Sotramont Griffintown Inc. as developer and construction manager respectively, valued at $133 million dollars.

Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.

Acted for Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. and Hydro-Québec Pension Fund in connection with the acquisition from 2020 University Associates, LP and redevelopment of the 525,000 sq. ft. office tower located at 2020 University Street in Montréal, Québec.

Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and JPMorgan Chase Bank

Acted for Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and JPMorgan Chase Bank and a syndicate of nine banks in connection with an amended and restated US$800-million revolving credit facility agreement with Gildan Activewear Inc.