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On March 27, 2020 (the “Date of Appointment”), pursuant to an order (the “Receivership Order”) of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) (the “Court”), PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., LIT (“PwC”) was appointed as receiver and manager (the “Receiver”), without security, of all of the assets, undertakings and properties (the “Property”) of 33 Yorkville Residences Inc. and 33 Yorkville Residences Limited Partnership (collectively the “Companies”) acquired for, or used in relation to a business carried on by the Companies, or either of them, including, without limitation, the real property known municipally as 33 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto, ON, 27-37 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto, ON and 26-50 Cumberland Street, Toronto, ON (together referred to as “33 Yorkville” or the “Real Property”), pursuant to section 243(1) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-3, as amended (the “BIA”) and section 101 of the Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, as amended. The Receivership Order was granted pursuant to an application made by bcIMC Construction Fund Corporation and Otéra Capital Inc. (collectively, the “Applicants”).
In accordance with the provisions of the BIA, a Notice and Statement of the Receiver (the “Notice”) will be sent to all known creditors of the Companies. A copy of the Notice will be posted on the “Notices” page of this website.
Please note that PwC has only been appointed as Receiver over the companies responsible for the 33 Yorkville, Clover and Halo projects. Other Cresford Group entities are not included in this receivership. If your query relates to any other of the Cresford Group projects or entities, please contact your normal Cresford contacts.
On December 11, 2020, the Receiver filed a motion for an order (the “Supplemental SISP Order”) to, among other things:
On December 10, 2020, the Receiver filed its Fourth Report with the Court to provide the Court of the information with respect to:
The motion will be heard on December 16, 2020.
A motion for an Approval and Vesting Order or alternative relief, scheduled to be heard December 16, 2020 at 10:00am via Zoom.
On October 9, 2020, the Court issued an order (the “Approval of Receiver Activities, Increase Receiver Borrowings, Sealing Order”) which, among other things:
On October 8, 2020, the Receiver filed a Supplement to the Third Report (the “Supplement to the Third Report”) to provide the Court with an update on the status of the SISP and propose changes for the Receiver’s requested motion for the Supplemental SISP Order. In particular, the Receiver will not seek relief relating to the APS.
The motion for the Supplemental SISP Order will be heard on October 9, 2020.
On September 3, 2020, the Receiver filed its motion with the Court for an order (the “Supplemental SISP Order”) to, among other things:
On the same date the Receiver filed its Third Report (the “Third Report”) with the Court to provide the Court with the information with respect to:
The motion’s date has not been fixed yet.
On June 4, 2020, the Court issued the Sale Approval Order, which approved the SISP (as summarized in Schedule A to the Sale Approval Order). Further information relating to the SISP can be found on the “SISP” page of this website.
On May 25, 2020, the Receiver filed its Second Report (the “Second Report”) with the Court to provide the Court with the information with respect to:
The motion for an order to approve the SISP will be heard on June 4, 2020 and the Receiver will seek an order (the “Sale Approval Order”), to among other things:
On May 15, 2020, the Court issued the Receiver’s Borrowing Order, which among other things, approved the increase of the Receiver’s Borrowings Charge from $2,000,000.00 to $5,500,000.00 and the rate from 5% to 8% plus a 1% advance fee for all additional advances in excess of the originally approved amount.
On May 14, 2020, the Receiver filed a supplementary motion for the Receiver’s Borrowing Order, including a Supplementary Report to the First Report (the “Supplementary Report”), to be read in conjunction with the Receiver’s First Report, the purpose of which was to provide the Court with an update on:
The motion will be heard on May 15, 2020.
The motion for the Receiver’s Borrowing Order has been rescheduled to May 15, 2020.
On May 10, 2020, the Receiver filed a motion with the Court for an order (the “Receiver’s Borrowing Order”) to, among other things, increase the Receiver’s Borrowings Charge (as defined in paragraph 22 of the Receivership Order) from $2,000,000.00 to $5,500,000.00 and increase the rate from 5% to 8% plus a 1% advance fee for all additional advances in excess of the originally approved amount.
On the same date, the Receiver filed its First Report (the “First Report”) with the Court to provide the Court with the information with respect to:
The motion will be heard on May 14, 2020.