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Nili
Goldman

Partner
  • ngoldman@airdberlis.com
  • 416.865.4623
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Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2006
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Nili is Co-Leader of the firm’s Real Estate Group. She practises commercial real estate law, advising on all areas of real property transactions, including the purchase, sale and financing of commercial office complexes, retail shopping centres, residential apartment buildings and hotels, as well as secured lending.

Energized by the sophistication and rapid pace of high-profile real estate transactions, Nili diligently upholds the level of service, responsiveness, and protection that clients have come to expect from her. She is involved in complex real estate transactions nationwide and has experience advising foreign companies investing in Canadian real estate. Nili’s high level of service is driven by her clients’ business objectives.

She is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, American Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association and Law Society of Ontario. Active in the legal real estate community, Nili sits on the Board of Directors of the Canada Israel Chamber of Commerce, where she holds the position of Corporate Secretary, and she was a member of the executive of the Real Property Section of the Ontario Bar Association from 2010-2015. In addition, she is a member of the Toronto chapter of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) and NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Properties).

Other Languages

Hebrew
Russian

Expertise

  • Real Estate

Representative Matters

Representative Matter

First Capital REIT Completes Multiple Closings

Aird & Berlis represented First Capital REIT in its completion of multiple closings, including on its properties at 801 York Mills Road and 1855 Leslie Street in Toronto, Ontario and at 34-70 Montgomery Avenue in Toronto, Ontario.

December 16, 2025

Representative Matter

West Side Square Development Fund Completes US$50-Million Initial Public Offering and Acquires Interest in West Side Square Project

On November 9, 2023, West Side Square Development Fund (the "Trust") announced the completion of its US$50-million initial public offering. Pursuant to the offering, the Trust issued US$50 million of trust units.

November 09, 2023

Representative Matter

First Capital REIT Completes $50-Million Sale of Multi-Level Retail Centre

First Capital REIT completed its $50-million sale of a multi-level retail centre located in the north end of Toronto at the corner of Yonge Street and Hillcrest Avenue.

October 03, 2023

Representative Matter

NYX Capital Corp. Acquires 22-Acre Development Site in Mississauga

NYX Capital Corp. completed the acquisition of a 22-acre development site near Toronto Pearson International Airport from Truscan Property Corporation, for a purchase price of $40.7 million.

May 30, 2023

Representative Matter

Choice Properties and Loblaw to develop 1.2 million square foot GTA distribution centre

Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust ("Choice Properties") exercised its equity conversion right from Rice Group to acquire a 75% ownership interest in 154 developable acres of industrial land in East Gwillimbury in the Greater Toronto Area. Loblaw Companies Limited (“Loblaw”) intends to build a 1.2 million square foot, automated, multi-temperature distribution facility on part of the property to add capacity and create new capabilities for the retailer.

June 03, 2022

Representative Matter

KIN Capital’s New Equity Arm Makes Debut Investment

KIN Capital Partners Inc.’s (“KIN”) new equity platform with Israeli-based Mivtach Shamir Holdings Ltd. (“MISH”) made its debut investment in an 11.6 acre site at 3300 Rutherford Road in Vaughan. The site is specifically designed as a large scale master-planned community to increase the supply of housing and affordability in the Greater Toronto Area (“GTA”).

May 26, 2022

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Professional Involvement

Professional Activities

  • Member of Board of Governors, The Abraham Global Peace Initiative
  • Corporate Secretary and Member of Board of Directors, Canada Israel Chamber of Commerce
  • Member of Board of Directors, Tel Aviv Yafo Foundation. 

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Commercial Real Estate Women (Toronto chapter)
  • National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
  • Ontario Bar Association (Real Property Section Executive)

Panellist, "Negotiation of Commercial Purchase and Sale Agreements – What’s Market," ABA Spring Symposia Washington, D.C., 2015.

Chair and panellist, "Acquisition Financing: Key Issues to Consider and Document Preparation Strategies," American Bar Association Real Property Section’s Commercial Transactions Group roundtable teleconference, June 2014.

Chair, "Mortgage Financing: Successful Due Diligence and Document Preparation Strategies," Ontario Bar Association seminar, April 2014.

Panellist, "Best Practices in Commercial Real Estate Purchase and Sale Transaction: U.S. and Canada Perspectives", American Bar Association Real Property Section’s Commercial Transactions Group roundtable teleconference, March 2013.

Chair and Moderator, "Municipal Law/Real Property-Drafting Agreements II: Everything You Still Wanted To Know, But Were Afraid To Ask," Ontario Bar Association seminar, October 2012.

Chair and Moderator, "Real Property Section, The Agreement of Purchase & Sale, Let’s Try and Get it Right!," Ontario Bar Association seminar, May 2012.

Speaker, "Keys to the Successful Purchase of a Multi-Tenant Commercial Property," Ontario Bar Association, May 2012.

Chair and Moderator, "The A,B,C’s of Expropriation," Ontario Bar Association seminar, November 2011.

Chair and Moderator, "Real Property Law Section: Property and Liability Insurance 101," Ontario Bar Association seminar, June 2011.

Chair and Moderator, "Power of Sale - New and Interesting Cases," Ontario Bar Association seminar, March 2011.

Speaker, "Title Corrections in the Electronic World", Ninth Annual Real Estate for Law Clerks, Law Society of Upper Canada, October 2010.

Speaker, "Fixing Title and Dealing with Requisitions", Eighth Annual Real Estate for Law Clerks, Law Society of Upper Canada, September 2009.

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Aird & Berlis Recognized in Chambers Canada 2026

September 25, 2025

Education

  • JD, University of Toronto, 2005
  • BA (Magna Cum Laude), Miami University, 1998
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