Jeevan Ahuja
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OVERVIEW
Jeevan is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Group. His practice encompasses all aspects of commercial real estate, including development, purchases, financing, marketing, sales and leasing.
In his law practice, Jeevan serves a diverse clientele, including private developers, institutions and landowners. He prides himself on providing a strategic and personalized approach to ensuring his clients’ objectives are achieved efficiently and effectively. Leveraging his prior experience in operations management, Jeevan brings an entrepreneurial perspective to his legal practice.
Conversational in Punjabi, Jeevan is an active member of the firm’s South Asian Group.
Outside of the office, Jeevan is passionate about travel and has explored 40 countries (and counting).
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT WORK
- Acting for developers in all aspects of residential and mixed-use developments in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and the Okanagan, including developments pertaining to single-family residential, multifamily residential, air space subdivision, phased and bare land strata property
- Currently involved in the development of a master-planned beachside community based on agriculture urbanism, with approximately 950 homes, including single-family houses, estate cottages, townhomes, cottages framing common courtyards, country flats, apartments, row homes and commercial areas with retail and restaurant spaces
- Currently involved in the development of a master-planned waterfront community with a planned 2,850 homes, including single-family houses, townhomes, and apartments, along with commercial buildings with retail and restaurant spaces
- Advising developers in relation to the Strata Property Act and the Land Title Act issues, including subdivision approval, servicing, zoning, rezoning, permitting, development cost charges, non-conforming use, road creation and other issues relating to local government approval processes
- Advising developers on Real Estate Development Marketing Act issues and the Policy Statements issued by the Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate with regards to all aspects of marketing and sale of development property, including drafting disclosure statements, strata bylaws, purchase agreements and ancillary documents
- Acting for developers in connection with construction financing and deposit protection insurance facilities
- Working with local governments, public utilities and various governmental and regulatory authorities with respect to real estate development and land use issues
- Acting on the acquisitions and sales of commercial real estate and businesses (assets and shares), including preparing and negotiating purchase agreements, conducting due diligence, associated financing and closing such transactions
- Completion of an acquisition of an interest in a residential care facility with active operations