It’s clear that cap rates for long-term, GSA-leased properties have fallen steadily since the end of the 2008 recession. Yet, we’ve been challenged to demonstrate that in a meaningful way. The problem is that merely reporting…
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Spotlight: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has been on the hot seat lately, in congressional hearings over the troubled Healthcare.gov website. But overseeing much of the Affordable Care Act implementation is…
Lessons Learned From Shutdown ’13
Through all of the partisan dysfunction our nation has endured in recent years, the federal budgeting process nonetheless managed to stagger along. Until October 1st. Then the U.S. Government experienced its first shutdown since 1995. The…
A Look at DOE’s Cool New Energy Systems Integration Facility
Photovoltaic panels on high performance buildings can significantly cut energy costs and carbon emissions. But distributed, intermittent renewable energy sources are a challenge to integrate with the aging U.S. electrical grid. The vital goal of a…
GAO Report Urges Greater Focus on Ownership
In September, the GAO issued the latest in a long series of reports concluding that GSA’s leasing strategy is flawed. This report, entitled “Greater Transparency and Strategic Focus Needed for High-Value Leases”, studied the 218 largest leases in…
Federal Courts Downsizing
Even as construction began on a long-awaited, 600,000 SF courthouse in Los Angeles this fall, efforts to downsize or close federal court facilities picked up in pace. Last week, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts…
Spotlight: Federal Protective Service
With doors still locked at federal buildings around the country, many are wondering: Who is maintaining security during the funding hiatus? For about 9,000 facilities owned or leased by the General Services Administration (GSA) or the…
Total Workplace Initiative Cuts Costs & Energy Use
Federal offices remain closed or short-staffed for the shutdown, but eventually copiers will hum and coffee will perk again. While imagining that future, it’s also possible to wonder how the federal workplace will look in the…
Sales Market Insights – Fall 2013
GSAXCHANGE, the investment sales arm of Colliers Government Solutions, has published its Fall 2013 “Government Market Insight” report, which includes an overview of sales activity and trends in the federal sector. Despite the dire headlines and…
GSA in Shutdown Mode
An eerie quiet has descended over much of the 354 million square feet of real estate owned and leased by the General Services Administration (GSA). Facilities around the U.S. and its territories emptied on October 1…