July 10, 2018September 4, 2025office, PSPC, tenants How did you make out in your new lease to the federal government? The good news for Ottawa is that it is the location of the head office for the Government of Canada. The associated […]
October 3, 2017September 4, 2025office, PSPC, tenants Reverse engineering the PSPC 80/20 ratio for rapid-transit access Here in Ottawa the federal government dominates the office market. It employs roughly 140,000 people in a 700,000-person work force, its need […]
February 27, 2017September 4, 2025office, tech The oncoming Prop Tech disruption The thing that stood out for me at the Toronto Real Estate Forum this past December was when one of the panelists […]
September 9, 2016September 4, 2025DND, 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, 2016September 4, 2025leasehold 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, 2016September 4, 2025DND, 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 […]