Robert Homersham

Robert Homersham is counsel to our Calgary office where his practice consists of commercial real estate law, with a particular emphasis on land use planning and development. 

He has appeared numerous times before municipal councils and administration, before subdivision and development appeal boards, and the Court of Appeal to advocate for developer clients. Robert's practice also includes acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, construction financing, infrastructure financing, condominiums, hotel development (including timeshare and fractional interest ownership structures) and structuring shared ownership arrangements.

Robert is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian and Calgary Bar Associations, and the Urban Land Institute. He is a former board member of the SDAB. Robert is very involved in commercial real estate industry advocacy before municipal and provincial governments as a member and past chair of the Government Affairs Committee of NAIOP Calgary, where he is also its current President. Robert is also a long-serving board member of BILD - Calgary Region.

In his capacity as a CRE industry representative with NAIOP and BILD, Robert has been involved in extensive consultations with The City of Calgary, the Province of Alberta, and the Government of Canada, including:

• City of Calgary off-site levies bylaw
• Municipal Government Act amendments
• Real Estate Council of Alberta reorganization
• City of Calgary Master Development Agreement amendments
• City of Calgary Charter
• Canada Infrastructure Bank building retrofit program
• Developer Funded Infrastructure Stabilization (“Oversize”) Fund
• Green Line LRT alignment
• City of Calgary Downtown Plan
• Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) and Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) programs
• Calgary Metropolitan Region Board
• City of Calgary downtown land use bylaw amendments
• City of Calgary Industrial Land Strategy

Presentations

• “Commercial Real Estate and COVID-19: Alberta Market Impacts”, Urban Land Institute Alberta, April 2020.
• “Alberta City Charters: Impacts on the Development and Building Industry – Edmonton”, Urban Land Institute Alberta, Edmonton, June 2018.
• “Calgary Going Forward – Important Updates on City Charters, New Community Growth Strategy, Railway Adjacent Development and City's Industrial Strategy”, NAIOP, Calgary, February 2018.
• “Rapid Fire Legal Roundtable: Addressing Six Current Leasing Issues Specific to the Calgary Market”, Calgary Real Estate Strategy & Leasing Conference, May 2017.
• “Calgary Going Forward – Important Updates on Infrastructure Initiatives”, NAIOP, Calgary, February 2017.
• “Calgary Region Council Meetings”, BILD, Calgary, January 2017.