Real Estate Negotiations from a Lawyer’s Perspective with Rosa Lupo | EP95

Rosa Lupo is a partner in the Corporate Commercial Group based in Gowling WLG's Waterloo Region office. With nearly two decades of experience, Rosa practises in all areas of Corporate Commercial Law with an emphasis on Mergers and Acquisitions, Debt and Equity Financings, Licensing and Distribution Agreements, and Real Estate. As a member of the firm's Real Estate Group, Rosa has experience in the area of Real Estate law. She has assisted her clients with respect to the development, leasing, purchase and sale of commercial and multi-residential Real Estate projects.  

In this episode we talked about:

* Rosa`s Bio & Background

* The Legal Profession

* Top 5 Issues facing Landlords and Tenants in Leasing

* Subleasing vs Assignments 

* Agreements to Agree

* Diversity in Real Estate

* Recommendations to younger people coming into the Commercial Real Estate Space

* Trends and Opportunities Outlook

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https://gowlingwlg.com/en/

Transcriptions:

Jesse (0s): Welcome to the working capital real estate podcast. My name is Jesper galley. And on this show, we discuss all things real estate with investors and experts in a variety of industries that impact real estate. Whether you're looking at your first investment or raising your first fund, join me and let's build that portfolio one square foot at a time. Ladies and gentlemen, my name's Jessica galley, and you're listening to working capital the real estate podcast. My special guest today is Rosa Lupo. Rosa is a partner in the corporate commercial group at gala links with nearly two decades of experience Rosa practices in all areas of corporate commercial law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing.

Rosa is also a member of the real estate group at gatherings. She has experienced in the area of real estate law. She has assisted her clients with respect to the development, leasing purchase and sale of all commercial and multi residential real estate projects. Rosa, how are you?

Rosa (55s): I'm good. How are you doing? Just,

Jesse (57s): Just happy I got through that. Unscaved your day is your day is going to go in. Well, we've got a, a unusually warm weather today in, in March, early March in Toronto.

Rosa (1m 10s): Yeah, it's pretty warm here today too, which I'm a little bit annoyed at, to be honest with you because it didn't start out warm, which is when I wanted it warm to get outside before my day started. And now that I'm stuck inside working, it's warm. So

Jesse (1m 24s): Yeah, you can have the spring

Rosa (1m 25s): In Canada,

Jesse (1m 26s): A hundred percent, a hundred percent. Well, thanks so much for coming on. Rosa. Really think that listeners will get a, a lot of good information and value in this episode. I, you know, we we'd like to have on the podcast real estate expert in experts, in different areas of real estate, whether that's accounting, legal property management. And I think with your background from a legal perspective, it would be great to have this conversation today kind of revolve around aspects of leasing when it comes to commercial properties, as well as talk a little bit about development and you know, how contracts are structured.

And basically, you know what we're thi