Design & Construction

Other Services

  • M&A ADVISORY

    We were engaged to advise on the viability of including real estate as part of the business sale process. Working with both the Deloitte M&A and Norton Rose Legal teams, we were the lead advisors on the real estate deal terms. With real estate as a key strategic piece of the puzzle, we were able to advise on lease terms and a real estate strategy that provides for both future options and protection.

  • ACQUISITION OF OCCUPIED PREMISES

    Many times a medical practitioner starts out in a location that they can’t buy but that is owned privately. For many years the lease has suited their purposes but things change both for the doctor and for the landlord. In many cases, changes for the doctor are positive but create risk, and for the landlord they negatively impact the doctor. We consult with medical professionals who are in this situation and put together a plan to ultimately acquire the property from their own landlord. In this process we deal with the lenders, the research and planning as well as the execution. During due diligence we also lightened the load of all the steps that are required by helping to engage all the resources and managing them on your behalf so you can focus on your business. Most medical practitioners qualify for 100% financing of their building acquisitions so call us to find out how.

  • EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

    We were engaged to help the Prep Doctors, an educational institution formed with the foreign dentist in mind who required training and transition programs for their certifications to practice in Ontario to find a new property worthy of its brand that would serve as a full scale campus building. With a tight timeline and a long list of key requirements, we were able to find and acquire a 43,000 sqft facility which met its needs and were also able to negotiate the existing leases in a manner that suited the business growth.

  • LEASE REVIEWS AND LEASE ADVISORY

    We are always here to provide a complementary lease review. Our team of experts can look at your lease and provide high level inputs into things that your lease reflects well and things that need improvement. With our array of team members, we can even provide insights into your lease that you cannot find by looking at your lease alone – local area factors influence your operations including developments, market trends, landlord insights and more. Let our team run an assessment for you and provide you with a score that allows you to plan for the future.

  • COMPLEX RELOCATIONS & SOLUTIONS

    We were engaged to find a pharmacy in downtown Toronto a new location on an ASAP basis as they were in dispute with their landlord. With a requirement of finding a property for purchase within a very small area, we were able to find an off market opportunity that made both near term and long term strategic sense, and ultimately ended up buying a convenience store business at a fraction of the cost at an ideal location and at the same time being able to get the landlord to not only approve our use but also commit to a new lease with terms that suited our business requirements.

STONEHAVEN

Located in a large retail complex in Vaughan, this Optometrist had successfully grown their business and required larger expansion space which the landlord had recently developed.  As part of our design process, we were able to design this unit from a fully shell base (i.e. gravel floors) to a beautiful light and airy space that is functional.

As part of the process we completed a full design exercise which included the use of virtual reality goggles so that our client could stand in the unit in its bare form and envision what it would look like when fully built out.  It also allowed some design changes in real time which enhanced the finished produce to what you see here. 

THE ABILITY CLINIC

Our team was brought in when the Doctors had put this property under contract for purchase and needed to have a feasibility completed on a short timeline.  Within a few days we had landed on a floorplan that would work for the doctors which allowed them to move ahead with their purchase.  The design took into account existing building infrastructure and the early state of design principles that kept costs down as much as possible due to the nature of this heavily built out suite.  After a full design exercise and providing the client with the envision tour and renderings, they were able to effectively communicate their launch plans with the market and worked with the Rick Hansen Foundation to ensure they met the highest standard for accessibility.  Our construction team then came in to completed the finished product and through our joint efforts, the Doctors were awarded the highest distinction from the Rick Hansen Foundation. 

AURORA FAMILY EYECARE

This project was an exciting one for our team.  We were tasked with expanding the current doctor’s premises into the adjacent space in a manner which both minimized interruption to the clinic while ensuring the entire premises was originally designed as one premises and to keep costs down.  Our final product was on time and on budget and we were able to complete the project in 20 weeks which included design (2 weeks) permits (5 weeks) and construction (13 weeks). 

HEALTHPARK MEDICAL CLINICS

Northwest Healthcare Properties engaged our design team to revitalize a space that had been run down and dated to facilitate a medical clinic which are effectively shared medical offices for rents by various doctors to be able to help meet their patient care requirements.  Using a top down budget approach we designed elements that would enchance the space in a cost effective manner while accounting of the dense funcitionality of what the clinic was being set up for.  High traffic and the opportunity to expand the space in the future to adjacent space were all taken into account for this project.  While the designs are completed, construction is expected to begin this fall!