Return to Office: Creating Spaces Where People Want to Be

Tech company’s remodeling of floor at 81 Metcalfe entices employees back to the office How commercial space is utilized and valued is forever changed following the pandemic. Colonnade BridgePort CEO Hugh Gorman advises that landlords and tenants need to work together more than ever to bring employees back to the office. “The shared objective must […]

Tripling the Value of A Struggling Commercial Plaza

Mapleridge Plaza

In 2012, Mapleridge Plaza – a commercial plaza located in Peterborough, ON, a city of approximately 85,000 residents and a short drive from Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal – was struggling. Despite being located on a main commercial artery, Mapleridge was challenged with outdated infrastructure and vacancy issues, and the 20-unit plaza was dealt a particularly […]

Optimizing a Property’s Financial Performance to Position It for Sale

400 Cumberland Street

Aligning with a client’s goal to optimize a property’s financial performance and prepare it for disposition is a key component of Colonnade BridgePort’s extensive real estate service offering. Brought on to manage and lease 400 Cumberland St. by the owner in 2017, the asset was at risk of losing its major federal government tenancy that […]

Catastrophic Roof Failure and Replacement

Roof failure involved a significant section of the 100K sf roof lifting and tearing off the industrial building. Disaster response protocols initiated, the property was immediately secured with involvement from roofing and affiliated contractors.