Case Study: Empowered Networks

Abstract

Empowered Networks (“Empowered”) is a specialized systems integrator – designing, deploying and managing practical technical solutions for networks, labs and data centers. As a well-established business, Empowered had been occupying space in the same building in Kanata for a number of years.

Background

Challenge

Empowered’s growth had resulted in it being slightly oversized in its premises and having to take on additional space on a different floor of its building. This was not an ideal situation, so Empowered’s executives engaged our team to find a solution. Any new building would have to support the technical and infrastructure requirements for Empowereds operations.

Strategy

The team understood that the market in west Ottawa was soft at the time the project got underway. There were a number of good opportunities available in buildings that would support Empowered’s technical infrastructure requirements and provide the right working environment for Empowered’s employees.

By creating a competitive environment amongst the proponent landlords and leveraging Empowered’s good covenant and long history in the Ottawa business community to their advantage, our team was able to secure an extremely favorable transaction in a prominent building in the Kanata North Business Park.

Results

Empowered was able to transition to a modern workspace that supported all of its technical infrastructure requirements and provided a positive working environment for its staff.  The new location features prominent signage in the epicenter of Kanata North, Canada’s Silicon Valley.