On March 3, 2020, McMaster Innovation Park ("MIP") announced its acquisition of The Hamilton Spectator building at 44 Frid Street in Hamilton, Ontario. MIP plans to convert the building into a state-of-the-art hub complete with labs and office space for emerging life sciences companies.

Gowling WLG advised MIP with respect to this acquisition with a team led by Mark Giavedoni (real estate) and that also included Sacha Babic and Aaron Goldstein (corporate), and Eric Rockefeller, Travis Evens and Richard Dusome (financing).