June 14, 2011 by John Seymour
In my last blog, I wrote the first of a three-part series on the majority government’s impact on Ottawa’s commercial real estate scene. That blog dealt with supply for the feds in Ottawa and generated a question: so what? The feds have been talking about increasing the vacancy rate for years and now have some [...]
June 2, 2011 by John Seymour
With the election of a majority government in Ottawa, I thought it would be a good time to review how that may affect accommodations needs for the federal government, and what impact that may have on private sector ownership. I will address this topic in a three-part series: supply for the federal government, demand from [...]
March 10, 2011 by John Seymour
It is my contention that PWGSC’s purchase of the Nortel Campus is the trade that defined 2010.
November 29, 2010 by Greg Johnston
It wasn’t so long ago that the Ontario Provincial Government deregulated the utility industry and if you recall, the market was inundated overnight with new companies claiming to be “experts” in selling utility contracts. With increasing utility costs, the “expert” utility brokers promised their customers cost savings through their fixed price contracts.
October 12, 2010 by Steve Kaminski
Institutions have been gobbling up real estate over the past 20 years at an unprecedented pace. It is very rare these days that you will find a downtown or a suburban office building that is owned by an individual that knows every tenant by name as was the case not so long ago. We have come a long way from those days. The question is, are we better off, or more importantly, are tenants better off?
May 11, 2010 by Steve Kaminski
Great property management requires an understanding of the big picture to help create a long- term vision for a property. Some people do it without thinking about it but if you can define it as an objective at all levels, it has more impact and can become one of the most satisfying parts of the management function.
March 8, 2010 by Steve Kaminski
In this day and age documents seem to move somewhat dangerously around the e-world with reckless abandon. Confidential files are usually sent by email as attachments and are often not encrypted and therefore not secure. Our requirement to maintain a high level of confidentiality is therefore compromised by the limited means by which most people can move a document or receive one.
December 9, 2009 by Steve Kaminski
Once again I attended the real estate forum in Toronto and once again I was not surprised by the content or cleverness of the speakers. It was plainly evident that there is no consensus about the near term future of real estate, interest rates, cap rates or other critical factors affecting our industry.
November 11, 2009 by Steve Kaminski
Welcome to Colonnade Management’s new web site and first official blog. We are embarking on a new and exciting transition from an Ottawa-based property management company to a national company. We thought it might be interesting to take everyone that wants to listen along for the ride.
