Edward L. Wilson

Ed practices in the areas of real estate and municipal law, with a focus on real estate development. He advises clients on a wide range of projects, including industrial site development, heritage designation and density bonusing arrangements, shopping centre rezonings and redevelopments, office and industrial parks, condominium projects, strata title hotels, and mine site development. His experience also includes the subdivision and sale of pulp and saw mills, municipal downtown redevelopment, and commercial lease negotiations for both landlords and tenants. He has been involved in large land assemblies, subdivisions, bare land strata plans, air space parcels, real estate acquisitions, financings, sales, and the structuring of ownership and transaction models. Ed works closely with sellers, buyers, and developers on commercial, residential, industrial, resort, and financing matters, and advises on environmental issues related to real property. Ed is recognized as a leading authority in British Columbia on strata corporation windups, having completed dozens of windups including the province’s first court-approved windup. He has served on multiple committees proposing changes to strata property law. He is recognized for his expertise by Best Lawyers in Canada and Chambers Canada.