Andrew’s practice is focused on all aspects of urban and land use planning law. He advises clients on some of the largest development and infrastructure projects in Canada, including mass transit projects, highways, bridges, utilities, school sites, hospitals, and private land development. His clients include property developers, landowners, utility companies, municipalities, school boards, private educational institutions, and transportation authorities.
Andrew advocates for his clients in the courts in all manner of disputes pertaining to environmental matters, real property, land valuation, municipal matters, and land use regulations. He regularly represents clients before the Ontario Land Tribunal in cases pertaining to planning approvals (official plans, zoning, site plan control, and plans of subdivision), expropriation compensation claims, licensing, and development charges. He advises clients on environmental compliance, municipal affairs, development agreements, infrastructure cost sharing, affordable housing initiatives, community benefits charges, and real property taxation.
Experience
- Representing municipalities and transit authorities in land acquisition and disputes arising from mass transit projects, including the Ontario Line, TTC expansion, GO Transit expansion, Union Station Rail Corridor upgrades, York Region Viva rapid transit, and the UP Express rail link
- Representing clients in complex, multi-party, land use planning matters including municipally-initiated official plan and zoning amendments; advising on municipal regulations and by-law matters; and negotiating deals between public and private sector entities on new land use plans, partnerships, and joint use facilities
- Representing clients in land acquisition, environmental, planning, and expropriation mandates for major industrial land assemblies including the Woodstock Toyota Plant and the St. Thomas Battery Cell Gigafactory
- Representing developers throughout Ontario in obtaining planning approvals for industrial, commercial and residential development through applications for official plan/zoning by-law amendments, site plan control, subdivision approvals, and building permits
- Representing expropriated landowners in compensation claims arising from various infrastructure projects including 400-series highway and utilities expansion projects
- Representing landowners and environmental liability insurers in disputes related to contamination, environmental regulations, land development, and real estate transactions
- Representing corporations and landowners in managing the risks and opportunities arising from their real estate portfolios including advice on development impacts, land valuation, real property tax, development charges, and building permitting.
- Representing municipalities and transit authorities in land acquisition and disputes arising from mass transit projects, including the Ontario Line, TTC expansion, GO Transit expansion, Union Station Rail Corridor upgrades, York Region Viva rapid transit, and the UP Express rail link
- Representing clients in complex, multi-party, land use planning matters including municipally-initiated official plan and zoning amendments; advising on municipal regulations and by-law matters; and negotiating deals between public and private sector entities on new land use plans, partnerships, and joint use facilities
- Representing clients in land acquisition, environmental, planning, and expropriation mandates for major industrial land assemblies including the Woodstock Toyota Plant and the St. Thomas Battery Cell Gigafactory
- Representing developers throughout Ontario in obtaining planning approvals for industrial, commercial and residential development through applications for official plan/zoning by-law amendments, site plan control, subdivision approvals, and building permits
- Representing expropriated landowners in compensation claims arising from various infrastructure projects including 400-series highway and utilities expansion projects
- Representing landowners and environmental liability insurers in disputes related to contamination, environmental regulations, land development, and real estate transactions
- Representing corporations and landowners in managing the risks and opportunities arising from their real estate portfolios including advice on development impacts, land valuation, real property tax, development charges, and building permitting.
