BC Real Estate Development Practice Manual

The first comprehensive practice manual on real estate development in BC

This publication is essential for: every lawyer acting for or against a developer or municipality.

Current to: February 1, 2015

To service your developer and municipal clients, you need a strong command of the legal principles and an understanding of the real estate development process. Learn about land acquisition, the structure of the developer and joint ventures, conducting appropriate searches and investigations, how land use is regulated and development rights obtained, controls on site development, charges for offsite development costs, and subdivision regulation. One entire chapter is devoted to the unique planning and regulatory environment in the City of Vancouver. Also included are chapters on construction contracts, obtaining development finance from institutional lenders, and requirements for marketing of subdivided land.

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Highlights of the 2015 update

• 2024 termination of land use contracts and associated zoning bylaws adoption requirement
• appellate law on relationship between regional growth strategies and official community plans
• REDMA and Reg. amendments to permit phase disclosure statements and consolidated disclosure statements
• revisions to Superintendent’s Policy Statements for development marketing

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CLEBC Legal Editor
L. Joy Tataryn
jtataryn@cle.bc.ca

Chapters

• The Developer's Perspective
• Acquiring the Land
• Structure of the Developer and Joint Ventures
• Searches and Investigations
• Development Rights
• Site Development Control
• Development Cost Charges
• Subdivision Regulation
• City of Vancouver
• Construction Contracts
• Development Finance
• Development Marketing

Forms and Precedents

I. Acquiring the Land
II. Structure of the Developer and Joint Ventures
III. Searches and Investigations
IV. Development Rights
V. Site Development Control
VI. Development Cost Charges and Offsite Servicing Requirements
VII. Subdivision
VIII. Development Finance
IX. Development Marketing

Features

• complete set of forms and precedents
• regular updates
• tables of cases, statutes, and references
• comprehensive index
• convenient looseleaf format with tab indexing
• online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law

Editorial Board
Pamela Jefcoat — Valkyrie Law Group LLP, North Vancouver
Mark V. Lewis — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Edward L. Wilson — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver

Authors
Jonathan Baker — Baker & Baker, Vancouver
Alyssa D. Bradley — Young, Anderson, Vancouver
Gregory Cockrill — Young, Anderson, Vancouver
Mark V. Lewis — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Vanessa Lunday — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Michael W. Moll — Young, Anderson, Vancouver
Gordon D. Phillips — Phillips & Company, Vancouver
Craig Shirreff — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Colin Stewart — Stewart McDannold Stuart, Victoria
Matthew Swanson — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Nicholas Van Dalfsen — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Cameron Whyte — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Edward L. Wilson — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Derek Winnett — Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Vancouver