Team > Lawyers > Tolensky, Peter
Peter has an active commercial real estate and development practice, advising clients in a variety of corporate matters for mixed use, residential, commercial and industrial real estate projects. Peter assists with acquisitions, municipal entitlements (including heritage incentives), subdivisions (including air space subdivisions and strata titling) and multi-family and industrial strata titled project sales matters. He also provides counsel to borrowers with their acquisition, construction and other financing facilities and has negotiated a significant number of retail, office and industrial leases for landlords and tenants. Peter also plays an active role in developing appropriate corporate structures for various real estate transactions, including the formation of limited partnerships, joint ventures and bare trusts.
Recognition and Ranking
- Named, Business in Vancouver, Forty under 40 (2008)
Professional Activities
- CBA/BCLS Air-Space Subdivision Task Force, Co-Chair
- Canadian Bar Association, Vancouver Real Property Subsection, Chair (2007 – 2008)
- Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, Member (2000 – )
- British Columbia Due Diligence Deskbook, Contributing author
- Law Society of British Columbia, Member (2000 – )
- Urban Development Institute, Member and Speaker
- National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Member and Speaker
- International Council of Shopping Centers, Member
Community Activities
- Congregation Beth Israel, Board of Directors (2008 – 2010)
- Richmond Country Club, Member
- Waterfront Club, Member
- Alpha Epsilon Pi, Lambda Omega Chapter, Alumni
- Lower Canada College Alumni Association, Class of '91, Member
Bar Admissions
- British Columbia (2000)
Education
- University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1999)
- University of Western Ontario (B.A., 1996)
Languages
- French
Experience
Examples of Peter’s recent experience include:
- Acting for purchaser of Class A downtown Vancouver office building
- Acting for vendor of downtown Vancouver heritage office building
- Acting for vendor/tenant in sale/leaseback of light manufacturing facility in Delta
- Acting for purchaser of multi-tenanted retail complex in Whistler
- Acting for developer of mixed use air space project in Victoria
- Acting for various landlords in connection with lease preparation and negotiation for regional shopping centres, office tower complexes and industrial portfolios
- Acting for developer in connection with acquisition and development of 41 parcel land assembly
- Acting for various developers in connection with site acquisition, subsequent development work and project marketing and presale matters for various residential and mixed use projects throughout British Columbia
- Acting for US developer in connection with marketing of US development within British Columbia
- Acting for developer in connection with development of heritage property and related heritage incentive matters including density transfers
- Acting for developer in connection with development and leasing of power centre retail developments on First Nation (Westbank) lands
News / Publications
- British Columbia Due Diligence Deskbook, Contributing author
Conferences
- Urban Development Institute, Speaker
- National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Speaker
