Experienced GSA-leased property investors are quite familiar with the advantages and challenges associated with ownership of property leased to the GSA. However, new entrants to the investment sales market for single-tenant GSA-leased property often ask why…
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Greetings From Corpus Christi
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 Corpus Christi, Texas. (Use arrow buttons to advance slides)
Spotlight: VHA
Among the revelations in the unfolding scandal over U.S. veterans’ health care is the sprawling size of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). A vast component of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the VHA runs the…
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)
Spotlight: FCC
Protestors gathered on May 15 in front of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) D.C. headquarters, hoisting banners demanding the commissioners “Save the Internet.” But the vote that day advanced a proposal fiercely opposed by many consumers…
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…
Spotlight: National Park Service
Buildings may not be the first thing brought to mind when thinking about the National Park Service (NPS). From Maine’s Acadia National Park to Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii, NPS protects approximately 84.4 million acres of…
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…
Spotlight: OSHA
Workplace injuries resulted in 4,383 worker deaths in 2012, the second lowest total since the census began in 1992. The leading causes, known as the “fatal four,” were falling, being struck by an object, electrocution, and…
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…