It is possible that no tenant in the United States has greater fondness for termination rights than the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). As I pointed out in a blog article more than two years ago,…
Author: Kurt Stout
Agencies Pay Lip Service to the Virtues of Long-Term Leases
On July 30th the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hosted a subcommittee hearing entitled: “GSA Tenant Agencies: Challenges and Opportunities in Reducing Costs of Leased Space”. The assembled witnesses included Norman Dong, the Commissioner of GSA’s…
Greetings From Kansas City
The Colliers Government Solutions team represents owners of government-leased properties nationally. So, we travel a lot. This slideshow profiles my trip earlier this year to Kansas City–both Missouri and Kansas. Yes, there is snow on the…
Social Security Office Closings Under Scrutiny
From Quincy, Florida, to Ketchikan, Alaska, field offices of the Social Security Administration (SSA) are being shuttered. Since 2010, 64 field offices have closed around the country, the largest number in the agency’s 79-year history. In…
Energy Savings Performance Contracts Leverage Scarce Federal Dollars
The GSA reinforced its role as a key partner in achieving President Obama’s greenhouse gas and energy efficiency goals in an announcement on June 11 in Lanham, Maryland. Agency Administrator Dan Tangherlini revealed a major Energy…
AAAP Program Expanded Even Further (It’s Time to Get on Board!)
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), which leases office space on behalf of most federal agencies, has begun using a streamlined lease acquisition program in several markets across the nation and will continue to expand into…
Greetings From Buffalo
The Colliers Government Solutions team represents owners of government-leased properties nationally. So, we travel a lot. This slideshow profiles my trip earlier this year to Buffalo, New York. (Use arrow buttons to advance slides)
Federal Trends in Northern Virginia
This is a reprint of an article written for Northern Virginia NAIOP in April. To view it as it appeared in print, click here. Northern Virginia houses to the second greatest concentration of federal government agencies…
Many Winners in Federal Building Challenge
Competitors vie for neither lucrative NBA contracts nor sizable office bracket pools in GSA’s March Madness-style Federal Building Challenge. An annual competition between sustainable buildings around the country, the contest awards the winner only bragging rights…
District of Columbia Expands Benchmarking
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, commercial buildings account for nearly 50% of all building energy use and about 20% of total energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions nationwide. New York, Seattle, Boston, and a…