Jay Geers, Calgary | Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

About Jay

Jay advises clients on a wide variety of real property matters, including purchase and sale transactions involving office, industrial and retail properties, mortgage financing, ground and office leasing, and development and planning matters. He acts for a broad range of clients, including renewable energy companies, financial institutions, pension funds, life insurance companies and other institutional developers, lenders and investors.

Jay also works closely with other practice areas within the Firm to provide real estate advice relating to complex commercial transactions, including conventional and renewable energy infrastructure, project and other financing and share and asset purchase transactions.

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Some of Jay's representative matters include:

The Purchaser on the acquisition of The Bow office tower in Calgary, Alberta
A German open-ended real estate fund on its C$500-million+ acquisition of the commercial portion of Stantec Tower in Edmonton, Alberta
IG Mackenzie Real Property Fund (formerly Investors Real Property Fund) on its C$140-million acquisition of an office building in downtown Calgary, Alberta, and related assumption of the existing mortgage facility
Brookfield Office Properties Canada (through its subsidiaries) in connection with its C$575-million term credit facility to be used for the construction of Phase I (East Tower) of the Brookfield Place Calgary development in Calgary, Alberta
SEC LP (a subsidiary of Brookfield Office Properties Canada) and Arci Ltd. in connection with their C$550-million senior secured bond financing of the Suncor Energy Centre in Calgary, Alberta
An institutional manager and its investor client on the disposition of an industrial portfolio in Calgary for a sale price in excess of C$60-million, with vendor take-back mortgage financing
An institutional manager and its investor client on the disposition of a portfolio of retail properties across Alberta to multiple purchasers in 2022 for an aggregate sale price in excess of C$50-million
An institutional manager and its investor clients on the disposition of a portfolio of office buildings in Calgary to multiple purchasers in 2022 for an aggregate sale price in excess of C$40-million
Renewable energy developers on their negotiations of solar and wind farm leases in connection with greenfield projects in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario
Renewable energy developers in preparing lease and purchase template agreements for use in greenfield solar and wind development projects in Alberta and Saskatchewan
Renewable energy developers on purchases of solar and wind farm projects in Alberta and Saskatchewan
Renewable energy developers on project financing in respect of its solar and wind energy development projects in Alberta and Saskatchewan
A major pipeline company on complex ground lease, subdivision and related development requirements in connection with the development of a major energy infrastructure project
A major utility company on its purchase of two electrical generation facilities in Alberta