Lawyer Profile
Sylvie Samson
Montréal, Québec
Overview
Clients turn to Sylvie for her pragmatic and solutions-based approach to commercial real estate matters.
Sylvie advises public and private clients on the full range of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, project development and joint ventures. Clients ranging from high-profile REITS to pension funds, as well as real estate developers and managers, rely on her extensive legal and market knowledge. Sylvie has particular expertise in negotiating and drafting agreements and in all aspects of commercial condominiums.
Acted for Groupe HD Développement Inc. and Fondaction in negotiating a joint venture for a multi-residential and condominium real estate development in Montréal, including financings for project lands and construction.
Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust with the sale of a property located at 975 St-Joseph Blvd. in Gatineau, Québec, to the City of Gatineau.
Acted for Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ with the acquisition of Groupe Sélection’s entire interest in the historic site District des Brasseurs (former Molson Brewery), and the subsequent sale of a portion of such interest to Montoni, making FTQ and Montoni equal owners of the property.
Acted for Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc. in (i) its sale of an undivided 50% interest in the Place Laurier Québec (comprising of the shopping centre, Édifice Champlain and Tour Frontenac) located in Québec City to Douville, Moffet & Associés and (ii) the creation of a strategic partnership with Douville, Moffet & Associés to each take part in the accelerated redevelopment and the densification of such site. Place Laurier Québec has the highest municipally assessed value in Québec City.
Acted for Cominar REIT, one of Canada's largest diversified real estate investment trusts and the largest commercial property owner in Québec, in its C$5.7-billion sale to Iris Acquisition II LP, which is an entity created by a consortium led by Canderel Real Estate Property Inc., one of Canada's largest privately held real estate companies.
Acted for Brivia Group Inc. in its acquisition from RioCan and Harden Group, as well as its partnership for financing and its development, of the LaSalle Carnival Centre, a 646,000 sq, ft. (60,000 sq. m.) land located in the borough of LaSalle, Montréal. Brivia Group has announced its intention to redevelop the land into a mixed-use, multi-phase transit-oriented real estate project.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2014 (QC); 2014 (ON)