June 8, 2017June 8, 2017office, relocation, tech, tenants Shopify rocks the Ottawa market: tracing its big splash Shopify announced in March 2017 that it will be expanding its Ottawa headquarters by leasing new accommodations at 234 Laurier Avenue West […]
September 9, 2016September 9, 2016DND, office, relocation Making sense of those pesky red dots that DND uses to show what it will vacate in Ottawa I am reminded of an old Mork and Mindy episode. Robin Williams as Mork, the alien from Ork, has a policy of […]
June 24, 2016leasehold improvements, office, PSPC, relocation, tenants Making economic sense of leasehold improvements in office buildings Originally posted December 2015 I have been having an internal debate about what I am missing in the economics of leasehold […]
May 12, 2016May 13, 2016DND, office, PSPC, relocation Checking in on that PWGSC game plan for Ottawa It was about eight years ago that PWGSC began to talk about its plans for office accommodations in the National Capital Area […]
March 1, 2012September 9, 2016NCC, office, relocation, tenants Recent real estate transactions send confusing signals Originally published in the Ottawa Business Journal 01 March 2012. I am still struggling with what to do in a “balance […]