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Commercial Real Estate
End-to-end real estate solutions for tenants and owner occupiers.
Client Driven
We pay great attention to what our clients really want and work tirelessly to help them achieve their goals.
Integrated Solutions
Knowledge and understanding of business combined with functional expertise in facility transaction management.
Community Focused
Proud to be an independent, Ottawa-based company providing services that benefit our clients and support the city in which we live and work.
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At Proveras we offer commercial real estate expertise with zero conflict of interest. That means we only represent tenants – all day, every day

Proveras is an independent, Ottawa-based commercial real estate brokerage.
We act exclusively for tenants and user-owners of commercial space. Our promise is to deliver commercial real estate solutions that align perfectly with our clients’ business objectives.

TENANT REPRESENTATION SPECIALISTS

Our elite team of commercial real estate professionals exclusively represents tenants and buyers – never landlords.

LEASING

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  • Relocations
  • Renewals and Restructurings
  • Expansions in the Existing Facility
  • Contractions and Consolidations
  • Lease Buyouts and Terminations
  • Anchor Tenant Development
  • Build-to-Suits

PURCHASING

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  • Feasibility Studies
  • Lease vs. Purchase Evaluation
  • Lease-to-Own Structuring
  • Purchase and Sale Agreements
  • Property Due Diligence
  • Financing and Leasing Options
  • New Building Construction

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Proveras is a proven market leader in the commercial real estate representation of tenants and buyers. We have built our business with a strict tenants-only rule, which means we never represent landlords. This ensures zero conflict of interest, as our sole fiduciary duty is to act in our clients’ best interests.

We represent tenants and buyers in virtually all industry types with their lease or purchase negotiations, regardless of size. Our team carries out commercial real estate projects in the national capital region and across Canada, keeping our clients operational and financial objectives at the forefront. It is this unbiased expert real estate representation that ensures the satisfaction and loyalty of our clients.

From locally owned businesses to non-profit organizations to the most sophisticated private and public sector companies, we take pride in protecting the rights and bottom lines of the business owners, executives, and institutions that we are proud to represent.

We created the name Proveras because its principle underlies our philosophy in business — to provide our clients with completely unbiased information and advice, enabling them to make the best choices.

OUR SERVICES

With our deep market knowledge and unparalleled service ethic, Proveras develops real estate strategies that help clients big and small achieve their business objectives.

OFFICE TENANT
REPRESENTATION

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We work with our clients to identify and align business objectives with real estate requirements. Proveras’ office tenant services include:

  • Workplace Strategy
  • Needs Assessment
  • Market Research
  • Identifying the Best Options
  • Lease Negotiation
  • Oversight of Tenant Improvements
  • Tendering Furniture and IT Infrastructure
  • Managing Facility Related Issues
  • Operating Expense Audits

INDUSTRIAL TENANT
REPRESENTATION

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We are the only firm in Ottawa who acts exclusively for industrial Tenants. Proveras’ industrial tenant services include:

  • Workplace Strategy and Advisory Services
  • Needs Assessment
  • Market Research and GIS Mapping
  • Identifying the Best Options
  • Lease Negotiation
  • Oversight of Tenant Improvements
  • Tendering Furniture and IT Infrastructure
  • Managing Facility Related Issues
  • Operating Expense Audits

REAL ESTATE
OWNER + OCCUPIERS

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Making the decision to lease or own is something that requires a careful assessment of the risks and rewards that may apply to your business, in the short and long term. It is not an uncomplicated choice.

  • Assessment of the advantages of owning versus leasing
  • Property acquisition or disposition
  • Upgrading acquired property to occupancy standards
  • Transition from owned to leased property

WHY PROVERAS

Our team of highly qualified commercial real estate professionals has decades of experience delivering real estate solutions that drive success.

 

COMMITTED

As business owners, our commitment to the success of our clients is absolute. We will exceed your expectations as a professional services provider.

NO CONFLICT

Unlike most brokerage firms, we only represent tenants – never landlords. Brokerages that also represents landlords will never advocate as hard for their tenant clients.

COMPLETE SERVICES

We provide an end to end service from a single point of contact, ensuring that our clients have expert representation from project inception to move-in day and beyond.

EXPERIENCE

Our principals have decades of experience representing public, private and nonprofit tenants. We are experts, and we leverage our knowledge and experience to our clients’ advantage.

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE

Private
Sector

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Technology
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Public Sector
+ Not – For Profit

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Diplomatic
Sector

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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Michael K. Hawes PhD

CEO, Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States
I am writing today to follow up on our recent business dealings and to congratulate you on a job exceptionally well done. I was very much impressed with your business plan, with the knowledge that you both had of the changing market for commercial property here in Ottawa, and with your ability to deliver. Your professional approach to seeking out and negotiating other alternatives, and your sense of what actually matters in terms of our specific organizational requirements, was very much appreciated.

Jean Ouellette

Executive Director of Operations
From the very moment we started working with you, you demonstrated that you fully understood our needs and the world we operate in. You were able to ensure that all levels of our organization had all of the required information throughout the process to make fully informed decisions. Most importantly, you provided clear and well analyzed options and scenarios that assisted our decision making bodies in carrying out their work. You executed all of your tasks with consummate skill and professionalism.

Francesa Adibe

Senior Manager, Risk Management and Administration
You carried us through the RFP process and worked with us to establish core criteria by which to evaluate the RFP responses. The evaluation tool that you provided to us was extremely useful. It enabled us to quantify and score items that were both qualitative and quantitative in nature. This approach was very helpful in providing transparency and rational to our board.

Loretta O’Connor

Executive Director
I would like to thank Proveras for taking the time to get to know us, as a not-for-profit organization, and for negotiating on our behalf.

Jack D. Gerrow, DS, MS, M.Ed

Executive Director and Registrar
The analysis of our needs and the resulting search for potential locations was thorough. In particular, the spreadsheet reports comparing the costs and benefits of the potential locations were most useful in identifying the preferred location. Your attention to detail during the negotiations resulted in a favorable outcome with limited legal expenses.

Franco Picciano

Coordinator, Member Representation
As this was the National Component’s first forray into commercial real estate, your guidance was invaluable as you helped us navigate a very complicated process. I am particularly grateful you provided assistance on the project management side which included contacts in the legal and design fields. The National Component is very proud of our new space and we continue to receive compliments about our facilities.

Jennifer Blake, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FRCOG

Chief Executive Officer
Thank you so much for all your help finding us the perfect premises to fit our needs. You have helped make a very time consuming job so much easier. We appreciated your knowledge of available properties across the city and your help guiding us through the process required to make the move. Your help made all the difference to the SOGC.

Cheryl Farrow

Chief Executive Officer
The Canadian Bar Association required a very tight turnaround on negotiating a lease for new office space and Proveras was a true partner for the entire process. From setting up site inspections to coordinating with the designer to sorting out the final lease details, Proveras was professional, responsive and just generally a pleasure to deal with throughout the search and negotiations. As they advertise, they are truly the tenant’s representative and advocate.

Larissa Bezo

President & CEO
I would like to thank you for the role you played in shepherding us through this tumultuous process. We very much appreciated your guidance and advice, and are pleased with the outcome for our organization. Thank you for your patience and sense of humour at each stage of our negotiation.

Alex Kilgour

Chief Legal Officer
The team at Proveras were invaluable in guiding us through our recent office expansion and lease negotiations. Their experience and expertise in commercial real estate mean that we consistently receive timely, knowledgeable, and practical advice about our leased property. We are very happy to say that Proveras has been with us every step of the way of our journey as a company.