Fortis Properties Purchases Holiday Inn Hotels

FelCor Canada Co., a subsidiary of Irving, Texas-based FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, sold four Holiday Inn branded hotels located in Cambridge, Kitchener, Peterborough and Sarnia, Ontario to Fortis Properties Corporation, a wholly owned non-utility subsidiary of Fortis Inc. The deal closed on October 1, 2003 and its value is undisclosed.

Fortis Properties was represented in-house by Ron McCabe, general counsel and corporate secretary, and by Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, with a team that included Merle Rosenhek, Robert Milnes, Faithe Holder, Kelly Murray, James Fisher, Sam Johnston, Sharon Bennett and Michael Bussmann.

FelCor was represented in-house by Joel Eastman, vice-president and senior real estate counsel, and by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, with a team that included Jim Hilton, Allan Gelkopf, Chris Van Loan, Robert Kreklewich, Ted Betts and Pierre Crichton.

Lawyer(s)

Ted Betts Allan J. Gelkopf Pierre H. Crichton Kelly A. Murray Michael Bussmann Christopher R.J. Van Loan Robert Kreklewich Jim Hilton Robert E. Milnes Sam W. Johnston Sharon A. Bennett