Mortgage Financing of Vancouver's Royal Centre

The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada completed a $122 million mortgage refinancing of Royal Centre, Vancouver, office tower and retail centre on May 31, 2008. The borrowers were four Brookfield Properties' companies.

Standard was represented by John Morrison (banking) and Marnie Foster (business) of Lang Michener LLP's Vancouver office.

Brookfield was represented by D. Cameron Black, vice president, legal counsel, Western, and by Greg Plater and Mark Christensen of Stikeman Elliott LLP's Calgary office and Rachel Hutton and Jessica Sisk-Roehle of Stikeman's Vancouver office.

Hyatt Equities, LLC, owner of the adjacent Hyatt hotel, was represented by James Piers, Carmine Boskovich and Sarah Batut of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP's Vancouver office.

Lawyer(s)

D. Cameron Black Mark Christensen James D. Piers Carmine Boskovich Rachel V. Hutton Jessica Sisk Roehle L. Greg Plater