Lawyer Profile
Norman I. Kahn
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
In a highly competitive marketplace, Norman is widely sought after for his wealth of knowledge and experience in negotiating complex commercial real estate transactions. His carefully considered advice and balanced view provides a clear vantage point from which clients can make nimble yet strategic decisions. Norman’s integrity and warm personality have led to long-term relationships with many of his clients.
Norman is a member of the firm's Real Estate Group. With more than 40 years of experience, he skilfully guides clients through acquisitions, financings, leasing, dispositions and insolvency matters relating to development properties, office buildings, retail property, residential apartment complexes, industrial buildings, nursing homes, retirement residences and hotels. His practice has involved structuring Canadian and cross-border partnerships, joint ventures, syndications and ground leases.
Norman’s client base includes institutional as well as public and private investors acquiring and/or providing secured debt and equity financing for all types of commercial real estate. In addition, he represents private Canadian companies that acquire significant distressed real estate portfolios from lenders and receivers.
Acting for institutional and private lenders and borrowers, Norman assists with all aspects of real estate debt recovery, restructuring, workouts and insolvency matters, including the negotiation of standstill and forbearance arrangements. He has also been involved in complex formal bankruptcy and bankruptcy protection proceedings under both the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, and has represented clients on numerous receivership, judicial and private powers of sale and foreclosure matters.
Advised a private family-owned company on the completion of the sale of an industrial building located in Mississauga for a purchase price of approximately $9 million. The transaction included the negotiation of an early-termination arrangement with an existing tenant.
Represented Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, a leading operator of distinctive urban workspace in Canada’s major cities, in the sale of its network-dense urban datacentre portfolio to Japanese telecommunications provider KDDI Corporation for $1.35 billion.
Advised the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade on all aspects of its winning bid for Volkswagen’s first overseas gigafactory, a several-billion-dollar investment that is one of the largest in Canadian history.
Represented private corporations in respect of their acquisition, financing and negotiation of management and franchise agreements in connection with the following hotels and mixed-use projects:
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1979 (MB); 1981 (ON)