What’s Brewing Ottawa-Gatineau!
8:00-9:00 AM EDT
Office space real estate and leasing, in the changing Ottawa market.
Real Estate By The Numbers
Provide an overview of the Ottawa market and discuss the impact of COVID-19 including lease negotiations, vacancies, government relief for tenants, building ownership and what a weak market means for Associations.
Remote Work and Real Estate: A New Paradigm For the Workplace.
Share insights and statistics into what the Ottawa market is experiencing from a real estate and workplace perspective, and how to find the right balance for a sustainable plan.
Workforce Re-entry Strategies
The workplace can play an important role in the journey to healing as staff re-integrate into the office environment. We will discuss best practices and strategies addressing employee concerns for a safe return to work.
Cresa – About
Cresa is a specialized tenant centric real estate firm that strictly represent occupiers, providing them with an unbiased view of a market that tends to favour landlords. Their range of services includes strategic planning, transaction management, lease and purchase negotiation, workplace consulting and full project management services.
The Presenters/discussion facilitators:
Martin Aass – Managing Principal
Martin’s real estate business practice is occupier advocacy: the representation of commercial occupiers and purchasers. As a result of unclouded loyalties and a singular focus, Martin provides his clients with significant financial savings and contractual flexibility within the leases he negotiates.
Lynn Owen – Principal Project Management
Lynn has planned and managed a variety of renovation, new construction and specialty projects over the past 25 years. The combination of Lynn’s experience as hands-on corporate facilities manager, workplace consultant and project manager uniquely positions her to understand and manage the many challenges and complexities encountered by clients throughout the planning, transaction and implementation of a project.
Justin Levine – Senior Avisory/Broker
Justin rejoined Cresa in the winter of 2020, after working for Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust. With over a decade of experience in the commercial real estate industry, Justin brings strong research and analytic skills to all assignments.
Kristine Duyan – Project Manager
As Project Manager, Kristine works closely with the project team and clients preparing needs analysis reports, budgets, construction schedules, managing furniture and equipment procurement, and communications relating to construction projects.