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Darryl Brown is a partner in Gowlings' Toronto office, working within the Environmental, Real Estate and Urban Development Group.
Darryl's practice is concentrated in infrastructure, construction law and real estate, with expertise in the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts, the preparation of tender and bid materials, the acquisition and sale of commercial properties, the development of commercial real estate, real estate financing and leasing. He acts for a number of owners, contractors, subcontractors, financial institutions, commercial lessors and lessees, real estate developers, property managers and pension funds.
Darryl's construction law experience includes drafting and negotiating project management, construction management, design build, design-build/finance, design-build/finance/operate, fixed price, cost plus and professional service contracts, as well as the preparation of precedent construction contracts/supplementary conditions and RFPs and RFQs, on behalf of clients such as Johnson Controls, BLJC, Compass Canada, Bruce Power, Hamilton Renewable Power, the Town of Caledon and Imara (the development arm of The Aga Khan Foundation).
Darryl has extensive experience acquiring, disposing of and financing commercial real estate, including office buildings, industrial buildings, shopping centres, residential rental complexes and seniors homes, as well as extensive expertise acting for both landlords and tenants in the preparation and negotiation of leases throughout Ontario, Canada and the U.S.
Darryl served as partner in charge of students at Smith Lyons prior to the firm's merge with Gowlings.
Darryl's recent construction law experience includes:
- Advising Infrastructure Ontario and the Province of Ontario, as part of a multi-firm legal team, in structuring and implementing Ontario's procurement process to select the vendor and nuclear technology for Ontario's new-build nuclear project
- Reviewing and negotiating, on behalf of a member of the successful consortium, the project, subcontract and interface agreements for the Abbotsford Hospital and Cancer Centre, North Bay Hospital, Durham Courthouse, Orleans Art Centre, Niagara Hospital, Ontario Data Centre, Bridgepoint Hospital and Toronto South Detention Centre P3 Projects
- Reviewing and negotiating the project, subcontract and interface agreements, on behalf of a consortium member, in respect of Royal Jubilee Hospital, Kelowna Hospital, Surrey Hospital, Sault Area Hospital, Woodstock Hospital, Montreal Symphony, Moncton Courthouse, Waterloo Courthouse, CAMH Hospital, Moncton Schools and Saint John Courthouse P3 Projects
- Acting on behalf of a consortium member, in respect of McGill Hospital, Long Beach Courthouse, OPP, St. Joseph's Hamilton and St. Joseph's London P3 Projects
- Drafting and negotiating the definitive agreement and associated construction contracts relating to the restart project for two laid-up nuclear reactors at the Bruce Power Nuclear Generating Facility
- Reviewing and negotiating the design-build agreement for a digester gas co-generation project for the City of Hamilton
A selective description of Mr. Brown’s recent real estate experience includes:
- Acting for a real estate limited partnership in the acquisition, financing and ultimate disposition of more than $700 million of apartment complexes and seniors’ homes throughout Canada consisting of 7,600 units
- Acting for a real estate limited partnership in the negotiation of a $92.5 and a $50 million working capital, special maintenance and acquisition credit facility with General Electric Capital Canada Inc.
- Acting on behalf of a major manufacturer in respect of the phased sale of a 113 acre industrial/manufacturing facility to the Greater Toronto Airports Authority
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