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Jacob B.
Dubelaar

Partner
  • jdubelaar@airdberlis.com
  • 647.426.2843
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Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2012

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Jake is dedicated to providing exceptional client service on routine and complex commercial real estate transactions. He combines his technical expertise with a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach, and offers thoughtful advice that is sensitive to the specific needs of his clients and the matter at hand. 

Jake is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Group. His practice focuses on the acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate involving a number of asset classes and transaction structures, including portfolio and share transactions. He also advises clients on limited partnerships and co-ownership arrangements, financings and land transfer tax matters.

Jake has extensive experience acting on behalf of several of Canada’s leading real estate investment firms, developers and operators.

Expertise

  • ESG & Sustainability
  • Real Estate

Representative Matters

Representative Matter

Allied Properties Completes $560-Million Marketed Public Offering and Concurrent Private Placement

Aird & Berlis represented Allied Properties REIT with a team led by Melanie Cole and Sherri Altshuler and including Amy Marcen-Gaudaur, Meredith McCann, Karlie Nordstrom, Teddy Nikolaou (Capital Markets), Jacob Dubelaar and Ethan Eisen (Real Estate) and Carol Burns (Tax).

February 18, 2026

Representative Matter

Allied Properties Completes $400-Million Offering of Senior Unsecured Debentures

On April 7, 2025, Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:AP.UN), a leading owner-operator of distinctive urban workspace in Canada’s major cities, completed a private placement of $400-million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured debentures in two series.

April 07, 2025

Representative Matter

Allied Properties Completes $450-Million Green Bond Offering

Aird & Berlis represented Allied Properties with a team that included Sherri Altshuler, Melanie Cole, Amy Marcen-Gaudaur and Annie Xie (Capital Markets), Jacob Dubelaar and Ethan Eisen (Real Estate) and Carol Burns (Tax).

February 24, 2025

Representative Matter

Allied and Partners Reorganize Ownership of TELUS Sky

Aird & Berlis represented Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in the reorganization of the ownership of TELUS Sky, a 60-storey, mixed-use high-rise building in Calgary, Alberta.

December 31, 2024

Representative Matter

Allied Properties Completes $250-Million Offering of Senior Unsecured Debentures

On September 26, 2024, Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:AP.UN), a leading owner-operator of distinctive urban workspace in Canada’s major cities, completed a private placement of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 5.534% series J senior unsecured debentures.

September 26, 2024

Representative Matter

Allied Properties REIT Completes Acquisition of Ownership Interest in 400 West Georgia and Increased Ownership Interest in 19 Duncan

On April 1, 2024, Allied Properties REIT completed the acquisition from Westbank for an aggregate property value of $920.7 million.

April 01, 2024

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Aird & Berlis Welcomes New Partner Jacob B. Dubelaar

May 02, 2022

Education

  • JD, University of Toronto, 2011
  • BA Philosophy (Hons), University of Guelph, 2008
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