York Energy Centre LP
Acted for York Energy Centre LP in connection with the refinancing of its existing credit facilities with new letter of credit and term loan facilities. The nominal 456 MW York Energy Centre (YEC) is located northwest of Newmarket, Ontario in the Township of King. The facility is jointly owned in a 50/50 partnership between Capital Power Corporation and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company. It is operated by Capital Power. The facility is fully contracted with the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator until 2035.
Axium Infrastructure Inc.
Acted for Axium Infrastructure with its acquisition, together with Nova Scotia Pension Services Corporation, of a 50% equity interest in the 100 MW Cedar Point II Wind Project located in Ontario from Fiera Infrastructure. The power produced by the project is sold to the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) under a 20-year power purchase agreement under Ontario FIT Program.
TPG
Acted as counsel to TPG in its acquisition (and related financings) from Oxford Property Group of a 75% interest in two Class-A industrial business parks in the Greater Toronto Area valued at C$1.3-billion.
GreenV B.V.
Acted for Green V B.V. in its acquisition of JV Energy Solutions Inc., a provider of customer-specific heating, electrical engineering and insulation for the greenhouse horticulture industry.
LKQ Corporation
Acted as Canadian counsel to LKQ Corporation in its C$2.8-billion acquisition of Uni-Select Inc.
Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
Acted for Cadillac Fairview and its affiliated entities in its joint venture with TD Greystone Asset Management relating to CF Carrefour Laval, the largest enclosed shopping centre in the Greater Montréal Area, including approximately 1,200,000 square feet of retail space.
Plenary Americas
Acted for Plenary Infrastructure Philadelphia, a Plenary-led consortium, in its winning bid for the design, construction, operation, maintenance and retail management for the Philadelphia William H. Gray III 30th Street Station project.
AECON Infrastructure Management Inc., Dragados Canada Inc. and Ghella Canada Ltd.
Acted for West End Connectors, which includes AECON Infrastructure Management Inc., Dragados Canada Inc. and Ghella Canada Ltd., in its successful C$729.2-million contract to design, build and finance the Advance Tunnel phase of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension project.
Spruce Partners Inc.
Acting for Spruce Partners Inc. in its formation of a development general partnership with Amico Properties Inc. and Amica Senior Lifestyles Trust and the acquisition by the general partnership of a real estate property in Burlington, Ontario.
Atlas Holdings LLC
Acted as Canadian counsel to Atlas Holdings LLC in its acquisition of LSC Communications, Inc., a global leader in print and digital media solutions.
EAS Energy Partners
Acted for EAS Energy Partners (a consortium comprising Enwave, AECOM and Saunders Concessions), which have entered into a concession agreement with the National Western Center Authority for the construction, financing, operation and maintenance of a campus energy program for the National Western Center in Denver.
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
Acted for The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company in the financing of the Romney Wind Project, which involves more than 10,000 acres of privately-owned land in the Chatham-Kent area of Ontario.
Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
Acted for Cadillac Fairview in its acquisition from First Gulf and its partners of one of the largest planned commercial developments in Canada, the 38-acre East Harbour project in downtown Toronto.
Innovate Energy
Acted for Innovate Energy, a consortium consisting of ENGIE Services Canada, PCL Constructors Canada, PCL Investments Canada and Black & McDonald, in its contract to modernize, maintain and operate the district energy system that heats 80 buildings and cools 67 buildings, including the Parliament buildings, in Canada's capital region. This mandate is part of the Government of Canada's Energy Services Acquisition Program and it will contribute to the Government's goal to reduce its energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from its own operations by 40% by 2030.
Graywood Group
Acting for the Graywood Group on the formation of a 50/50 joint venture for the development of a 47-storey condominium tower to be located at the corner of Peter and Adelaide in Toronto, Ontario, which will contain 695 residences and ground level retail.
LA Gateway Partners
Acted for LA Gateway Partners in its approximately US$2-billion contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility (ConRAC) development project. The development of the new facility will consolidate the operations of rental car agencies at LAX, which are currently spread across 23 separate properties surrounding the airport. Comprising 5.3 million square feet, the LAX ConRAC will be the largest ConRAC facility ever built.