Sectors
If approvals are required to permit the construction of buildings and facilities, regardless of the purpose for which they are being constructed, Wood Bull has the expertise to obtain the necessary approvals.
Our knowledge of a broad range of development sectors enables us to provide assistance to clients in regard to municipal finance matters (including development charges) and expropriation matters related to those sectors.
Wood Bull has advised a broad range of clients, ranging from some of the largest development firms in Canada to individual property owners to public authorities at the municipal, provincial, and the federal levels.
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Aggregates
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Wood Bull has experience working on a range of aggregate resources projects. We are active members of the Ontario Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, and have experience with the licensing of new projects, the expansion of existing facilities, and the re-licensing of historic pits and quarries.Our specialized expertise includes not only a thorough understanding of the relevant law and policy frameworks but also the various technical considerations that can be critical to the success of these approvals processes such as social impact assessments (e.g. noise, dust, blasting, economics), hyd...Find out more
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Hotel, Resort, Entertainment, Recreational
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Wood Bull has expertise in obtaining development approvals for hotels, resorts, entertainment and recreational properties in Ontario. We have assisted both individual landowners looking to construct or improve their personal recreation properties and owners/developers seeking to develop hotel/resort and/or entertainment destinations. Examples of such representation are the trailblazing Festival Hall project (now known as RioCan Hall, containing the Scotiabank Theatre) in the Entertainment District in the City of Toronto and the Red Leaves Resort development in Muskoka. On occasion, we ha...Find out more
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Industrial
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Wood Bull has assisted industrial clients to obtain approvals for a wide range of industrial developments. We have also provided assistance where existing industrial operations are threatened by nearby redevelopment or by proposed changes in planning policies which are unfriendly to industry.Our specialized expertise includes not only a thorough understanding of the relevant law and policy frameworks but also the various technical considerations that can be critical to the success of these approvals processes such as land use planning, municipal servicing, municipal finance, market economics, ...Find out more
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Institutional
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The partners of Wood Bull have considerable experience in regard to approval processes involving municipal, educational, provincial and federal undertakings. They have acted as outside counsel for a wide range of municipalities throughout Ontario, with particular emphasis on the Greater Toronto Area, in regard to their planning and development processes. Our specialized expertise includes not only a thorough understanding of the relevant law and policy frameworks but also the various technical considerations that can be critical to the success of these approvals processes such as la...Find out more
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Office
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Wood Bull has assisted clients to obtain approvals for a wide range of office and mixed use developments from downtown skyscrapers to suburban business parks.More recently, we have been assisting clients in the upgrading and expansion of existing office developments.Our specialized expertise includes not only a thorough understanding of the relevant law and policy frameworks but also the various technical considerations that can be critical to the success of these approvals processes such as land use planning, municipal servicing, municipal finance, market economics, transportation, and enviro...Find out more
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Residential
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Wood Bull has extensive experience in regard to the full range of residential development projects, from minor variances for new and expanded residential homes to approvals processes for Greenfield sites to approval processes for multi-storey mixed use developments within urban areas.More recently, we have been assisting clients in regard to main street intensification projects, which frequently involve the complex problem of rental replacement, and the conversion of employment lands for residential/mixed use purposes.Our specialized expertise includes not only a thorough understanding of the ...Find out more
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Retail Service and Commercial
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Wood Bull has extensive experience in regard to retail and service commercial development projects. Wood Bull LLP has been involved in many of the leading shopping centre and big box retail approval processes in Ontario over the last 30 years, which have resulted in the construction of millions of square feet of such facilities. Wood Bull has represented such clients as SmartCentres, Calloway REIT, Morguard, Wal-Mart, Costco, Loblaws, and Longos.More recently, we have been assisting clients in the conversion of greyfields retail facilities into other forms of development and in addressing empl...Find out more
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