Interset is an Ottawa based science and technology company experiencing impressive growth which required securing high-quality office space that would help to attract and retain a talented workforce as well as a lease structure that would allow for phased-growth.
Background
Interset is an Ottawa based company experiencing impressive growth in the market for enterprise threat detection. Customer installations have more than doubled over the past year for Interset’s machine learning-based advanced threat detection platform. The company is helping commercial and government customers save millions in lost business, investigations, and remediation costs by stopping attempted espionage, compromised account attacks, and departing employees from stealing sensitive data. Interset’s patented approach to using machine learning and user behavior analytics is winning patents and innovation awards for its unique approach to calculating and assigning risk to accounts, machines, files, and digital assets.
Challenge
Executives at Interset derive the highest returns from focusing on the development and management of Interset’s product offering. They needed expert assistance in securing high-quality office space that would help to attract and retain a talented workforce. In addition, Interset wanted a lease structure that would allow for phased-growth, without having to continually renovate or reconfigure to accommodate new employees.
Strategy
Interset engaged Alan Doak and Nick Maiorino of Proveras Commercial Realty to assist with the search for and procurement of their new office space. Proveras is an Ottawa based commercial real estate brokerage that focuses exclusively on tenant representation.
Proveras was able to identify spaces in the Kanata Research Park that were ideally suited to Interset’s requirements. Proveras’ team then worked with Interset through the engagement of a designer and procurement of furniture and equipment for the new office. At the same time, they were able to secure a turnkey tenant improvement package from the Landlord, KRP Properties, that met all of Interset’s design objectives.
Results
Interset has now settled into a bright new office space on an upper floor of 411 Legget Drive, one of Kanata’s premiere office towers. The transition to this new space was smooth and Interset is now well accommodated for the foreseeable future.