Division — Advisory and management

Analyze, plan, see it through.

Public companies, pension funds, universities.

These mandates run for years, not for a single transaction. What is owed is a written account on a fixed date, whether or not anything has moved.

Strategy and portfolio

Transaction and disposition

Management and territory

Strategy and portfolio

Strategic advisory

The question asked is rarely the right one. Whoever asks how many square feet they need is usually solving an organizational problem. We start with the diagnosis.

Portfolio rationalization and occupancy strategy

An organization rarely pays for the space it uses. It pays for the space it signed, often before a change in how it works. We measure actual occupancy, then cost the reduction scenarios.

Feasibility and strategic studies

Site, use, regulation, financial structure. The four variables that decide the fate of a project, verified before capital is committed.

Transaction and disposition

Disposition and acquisition advisory

Selling or acquiring is the last step. What comes before is which assets to keep, the order of the exits and the timing. We set that strategy, then carry it out.

Market analysis and opinion of value

A number is worth its method. We set out the comparables retained, the ones excluded and why. Any formal appraisal report is coordinated with a chartered appraiser.

Due diligence and building condition

Condition of systems, compliance, work to plan for over ten years. Coordinated with our professionals, then translated into consequences on the price.

Management and territory

Property management and asset management

Most budget surprises were foreseeable. Deferred maintenance, operating costs never benchmarked, performance never measured against the plan. We track those three and report them.

Lease administration

A calendar of deadlines and options, verification of escalations, reconciliation of operating costs. Written notice before every critical date.

Land use and territorial planning

Zoning decides what a site is worth, often more than its location. Regulatory analysis, master plans and community plans, delivered with a partner firm.

Advisory work for federal, provincial and institutional buyers.

The same work is delivered to public buyers, on public approval and reporting cycles, under an authorized agency licence and a security clearance from Public Services and Procurement Canada.