Finding the Right Corporate Structure to Enable Regeneration, Ontario Version - SHARE Webinar Series

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Is your current corporate structure able to respond to the demand for new housing development activities? The social housing sector is at a crossroads of sustaining its housing business operations as it enters into a new era of advancing housing development. In Ontario, the 47 Consolidated Municipal Service Managers have varying corporate structures supporting the provision of housing. However, innovative affordable housing development may require having a different corporate structure to enable the implementation of regeneration initiatives.

Is your current corporate structure able to respond to the demand for new housing development activities? The social housing sector is at a crossroads of sustaining its housing business operations as it enters into a new era of advancing housing development. In Ontario, the 47 Consolidated Municipal Service Managers have varying corporate structures supporting the provision of housing. However, innovative affordable housing development may require having a different corporate structure to enable the implementation of regeneration initiatives.

Presented by John Fox, this webinar will equip you with the information to help you assess the role of your corporate structure in redevelopment. Drawing on examples from Ontario, during this webinar you will learn:

• Types of corporate structures and their pros and cons
• Elements to think about in assessing what structure is right for you
• Implications to consider- legislation, political, governance
• How risk is assigned in a corporate structure 

 

   

 

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As Partner and Head of Affordable & Social Housing at Robins Appleby LLP, John Fox is an Ontario lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience in housing development law. He advises private, public, and non-profit clients on acquisitions, financing, and construction involving below-market housing. Formerly with Toronto Community Housing, he has been featured on CBC Metro Morning, is a regular speaker on housing, has chaired two major non-profit boards, and presently serves on two non-profit real estate advisory boards.

At Robins Appleby, we have been providing legal advice for over 70 years to entrepreneurs, businesses, financial institutions, and foreign companies operating in Canada. Located in Toronto's financial district, our firm is trusted by clients to help solve critical, time-sensitive issues. We offer a wide range of legal services including business and transactions, affordable and social housing, litigation and dispute resolution, commercial real estate development, tax law, employment law, and estate planning.