Elizabeth Earon

Some recent transactions that are representative of Beth's practice include acting for:

• Sycamore Partners in connection with its acquisition of the Canadian business of Lowe's Companies

• Starlight Investments and KingSett Capital in connection with their C$4.9-billion acquisition of Northview Apartment REIT

• Americold Realty Trust on its acquisition, through its subsidiary Nova Cold Logistics ULC, of Liberty Infrastructures ULC

• DSV Solutions Inc. on its sale and leaseback of a 1.1-million-square-foot build-to-suit industrial logistics property at Yukon Court in Milton, Ontario

• Cactus Restaurant Group, in connection with their lease restaurant locations across Canada, including those under the "Cactus Club Cafe" banner

• One of the largest food companies globally, providing leasing advice for various retail locations in Canada

• Ribbon Building, The Distillery Historical District in connection with Collège Boréal's future campus in Toronto’s Distillery District

• JCF Capital ULC in its acquisition of the debt on Trump International Hotel and Tower in Toronto, Ontario

• Sun Life Assurance Company in connection with real property financings, including first mortgage acquisition financing

• TransGlobe Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust in the acquisition and financing of 57 properties as part of a management internalization transaction, and its subsequent privatization

• A Crown agency in numerous transactions involving the acquisition of rail corridors

• Ontario Pension Board in its C$370-million purchase of Erin Mills Town Centre regional shopping centre, Mississauga, Ontario

• A major North American entity in its sale of several office sites located in Toronto, Ontario

• MaRS Discovery District on a range of leasing matters for its Toronto MaRS Centre Development, including lease negotiations and renewals

• Morguard Investments on lease amending agreements relating to tenant conversions

• EmTwo Properties on a range of leasing matters, including early surrenders, renewals and assignments

• Landlords and tenants in the drafting and negotiation of leases for office, industrial and retail space, lease amending agreements and subleases

Beth is recognized as a leading lawyer in the following publication:

• The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024 (Real Estate)

• Co-author: Leasehold Mortgages
  LSO: The Eight-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer, March 1, 2023.
• Author: Offers to Lease: What to Watch Out For
  LSUC: The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer, February 25, 2019.
• Co-author: Non-Resident Purchaser/Vendor Issues
  LSUC: Commercial Real Estate Transactions, September 20, 2018.
• Author: A "Smaller" Tenant's "Top Ten": Lease Provisions to Think About When You Don't Have Clout
  LSUC: The Six-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer, February 22, 2017.

• Speaker: Tenant Exit Strategies
  2023 ICSC Canadian Law Conference, Toronto, Ontario, May 5, 2023.
• Speaker: Leasehold Mortgages
  LSO – The Eight-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer, Webinar, March 1, 2023.
• Speaker: Legal Concepts II - The Credit Agreement (Clauses) Enforcement & Recovery (Options, Process & Timelines)
  REALPAC - Lending in Commercial Real Estate Course, Webinar, October 27, 2022.
• Co-speaker: Co-Tenancy Issues
  2022 ICSC Canadian Law Conference, Webinar, September 22, 2022.
• Speaker: Commercial Real Estate: A New Lease on Business
  Blakes Take 2 Video on Commercial Real Estate, December 2, 2020.
• Co-speaker: Where Do We Go from Here? Commercial Leasing in a COVID and Post-COVID World
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, November 3, 2020.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2010
JD, Osgoode Hall Law School – 2009
BA (International Relations), University of Toronto – 2004