Called to the Bar

Ontario (1985)

Education

LL.B., University of Toronto, 1983
B.A., University of Toronto, 1980

Affiliations

Canadian Bar Association
Toronto Lawyer Association

Alec Clute

Partner

Practice Areas

Charities & Non-Profits

Corporate & Commercial

Municipal

Planning & Land Development

Real Property

Wills, Trusts & Estates

Alec Clute has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial real estate involving business, government and not-for-profit clients.

Alec specializes in all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions and financings, specialized land agreements, land development and conservation.

He has acted for business corporations, municipalities, not-for-profit and charitable organizations, individuals and estates.

He also advises charities and not-for-profits on land and related areas.

Alec has written and presented the following papers for the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Department of Education:

“An Overview of Surveys”
“Commercial Real Estate Financings”
“Easements – Drafting and Statutory Issues”
“Commercial Leasing: Back to Basics (and Beyond) Priority Issues for Landlords, Mortgagees and Tenants”

Experience

Alec has:

acted for the Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay in negotiation a ground lease by the City to the Thunder Bay Art Gallery for the construction and operation of a new art gallery on the City’s waterfront on Lake Superior
acted on a variety of land-based financings, for both borrowers and lenders;
acted on the sale of a hospital site to a major public hospital;
acted on head office relocations of a major business and of a major charitable organization;
assisted on a complex quarry expansion and creek diversion project involving the private sector and several public and governmental bodies;
advised an estate in transferring a historic mansion and its lands to a land trust and negotiating a protective agreement with the Ontario Heritage Foundation;
acted on numerous sales of commercial and industrial properties in the GTA;
acted for a university on a range of real estate matters;
acted for registered charities in land acquisitions and sales;
acted for several municipalities on a wide variety of real estate matters including:

(a) the acquisition of a port facility and the acquisition of railway corridors;

(b) the sale of a major hotel on municipally-owned lands; and

advised on complex real estate ownership and title issues; and
acted on real estate transactions involving the settlement of disputes and litigation.

Honorary Solicitor of St. Andrew’s Society of Toronto
St. Andrew’s Charitable Foundation

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Significant Transactions

Alec has:

acted for the Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay in negotiation a ground lease by the City to the Thunder Bay Art Gallery for the construction and operation of a new art gallery on the City’s waterfront on Lake Superior
acted on a variety of land-based financings, for both borrowers and lenders;
acted on the sale of a hospital site to a major public hospital;
acted on head office relocations of a major business and of a major charitable organization;
assisted on a complex quarry expansion and creek diversion project involving the private sector and several public and governmental bodies;
advised an estate in transferring a historic mansion and its lands to a land trust and negotiating a protective agreement with the Ontario Heritage Foundation;
acted on numerous sales of commercial and industrial properties in the GTA;
acted for a university on a range of real estate matters;
acted for registered charities in land acquisitions and sales;
acted for several municipalities on a wide variety of real estate matters including:

(a) the acquisition of a port facility and the acquisition of railway corridors;

(b) the sale of a major hotel on municipally-owned lands; and

advised on complex real estate ownership and title issues; and
acted on real estate transactions involving the settlement of disputes and litigation.

Professional Activities

Honorary Solicitor of St. Andrew’s Society of Toronto
St. Andrew’s Charitable Foundation

Corporate Directorships

St. Andrew’s Society of Toronto
St. Andrew’s Charitable Foundation

Alec Clute has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial real estate involving business, government and not-for-profit clients.

Alec specializes in all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions and financings, specialized land agreements, land development and conservation.

He has acted for business corporations, municipalities, not-for-profit and charitable organizations, individuals and estates.

He also advises charities and not-for-profits on land and related areas.

Alec has written and presented the following papers for the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Department of Education:

“An Overview of Surveys”
“Commercial Real Estate Financings”
“Easements – Drafting and Statutory Issues”
“Commercial Leasing: Back to Basics (and Beyond) Priority Issues for Landlords, Mortgagees and Tenants”

Experience

Alec has:

acted for the Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay in negotiation a ground lease by the City to the Thunder Bay Art Gallery for the construction and operation of a new art gallery on the City’s waterfront on Lake Superior
acted on a variety of land-based financings, for both borrowers and lenders;
acted on the sale of a hospital site to a major public hospital;
acted on head office relocations of a major business and of a major charitable organization;
assisted on a complex quarry expansion and creek diversion project involving the private sector and several public and governmental bodies;
advised an estate in transferring a historic mansion and its lands to a land trust and negotiating a protective agreement with the Ontario Heritage Foundation;
acted on numerous sales of commercial and industrial properties in the GTA;
acted for a university on a range of real estate matters;
acted for registered charities in land acquisitions and sales;
acted for several municipalities on a wide variety of real estate matters including:

(a) the acquisition of a port facility and the acquisition of railway corridors;

(b) the sale of a major hotel on municipally-owned lands; and

advised on complex real estate ownership and title issues; and
acted on real estate transactions involving the settlement of disputes and litigation.

Honorary Solicitor of St. Andrew’s Society of Toronto
St. Andrew’s Charitable Foundation

Placeholder to hide

Significant Transactions

Alec has:

acted for the Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay in negotiation a ground lease by the City to the Thunder Bay Art Gallery for the construction and operation of a new art gallery on the City’s waterfront on Lake Superior
acted on a variety of land-based financings, for both borrowers and lenders;
acted on the sale of a hospital site to a major public hospital;
acted on head office relocations of a major business and of a major charitable organization;
assisted on a complex quarry expansion and creek diversion project involving the private sector and several public and governmental bodies;
advised an estate in transferring a historic mansion and its lands to a land trust and negotiating a protective agreement with the Ontario Heritage Foundation;
acted on numerous sales of commercial and industrial properties in the GTA;
acted for a university on a range of real estate matters;
acted for registered charities in land acquisitions and sales;
acted for several municipalities on a wide variety of real estate matters including:

(a) the acquisition of a port facility and the acquisition of railway corridors;

(b) the sale of a major hotel on municipally-owned lands; and

advised on complex real estate ownership and title issues; and
acted on real estate transactions involving the settlement of disputes and litigation.

Professional Activities

Honorary Solicitor of St. Andrew’s Society of Toronto
St. Andrew’s Charitable Foundation

Corporate Directorships

St. Andrew’s Society of Toronto
St. Andrew’s Charitable Foundation

Called to the Bar

Ontario (1985)

Education

LL.B., University of Toronto, 1983
B.A., University of Toronto, 1980

Affiliations

Canadian Bar Association
Toronto Lawyer Association

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