Assistant
Ryan Waechter | rww@kkbl.com
Areas of Practice
Bar admissions
British Columbia (2001)
Education
University of Victoria, BA (1997)
University of Windsor, LLB (2000)
Professional Experience
Erin advises and represents clients as a partner in the Commercial Real Estate & Development team. In addition to that role, Erin serves as the firm’s Managing Partner. Erin enjoys helping her clients implement their creative visions for redevelopment, as well as seeing the growth and change of emerging communities made possible by development. She is regularly recognized for her work in commercial real estate law.
Erin’s clients include developers, purchasers and vendors of commercial real estate, and commercial landlords and tenants. She assists and advises clients with the following:
Purchase and sale of commercial real estate
Office, retail, industrial, hotel, and development property
Negotiation and preparation of purchase and development agreements
Drafting disclosure statements under the Real Estate Development Marketing Act
Real estate marketing compliance matters, including project development sales
Obtaining municipal approvals and entitlement processes
Subdivision and servicing requirements
Structuring and implementing airspace parcel subdivisions for mixed-use developments
Strata Property Act compliance matters
Real estate structuring matters
Erin remains current by regularly attending industry events organized by NAIOP, UDI, and CLEBC. She is also a past contributor to the CLEBC Commercial Leasing —Annotated Precedents and Commercial Real Estate Practice Manual publications.
Awards & Accolades
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REcent Work
Negotiation and preparation of purchase and sale agreements for various complex real estate transactions
Advising on various strata titled residential, mixed-use, phased, and industrial strata projects throughout B.C.
Representing an institutional asset manager in the acquisition of a real estate portfolio in B.C. and Alberta
Advising a developer on real estate matters in connection with a mixed-use development, including negotiation and implementation of numerous airspace parcels and complex cost sharing agreements
Acting for strata corporations, developers, and liquidators in strata wind-up transactions
Advising developers on rezoning and development related matters, and working with municipal governments to obtain rezoning and development permit approvals
Represented a landlord in the negotiation of long-term ground lease and sublease arrangements with respect to an international distribution facility located in Richmond, B.C., and acted in the subsequent sale of the asset.
Professional & Community Involvement
Erin contributes to her profession through her activities with the following:
Canadian Bar Association, Member
Real Property subsection
CREW Vancouver, Member
Urban Development Institute (UDI), Member
UDI U40, Past Chair
Catalyst Community Developments Society, Past Chair