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Perspective on real estate and facilities governance
Notes and analysis from an independent, fee-only advisory practice — no vendor angle, no sales pitch.
ESG Disclosure and the Real-Estate Line: What Canadian CFOs Must Substantiate
Scope 1 and 2 emissions, most energy spend and a portfolio's climate risk sit in its buildings. As ESG disclosure—voluntary under Canada's new CSDS standards, for now—reaches the boardroom, the real-estate line needs data it can defend.
Read article Sept. 15, 2026 Portfolio Economics for the CFOTotal Cost of Occupancy: The Number Your P&L Doesn't Show
Most organisations can quote their rent per square metre. Almost none can quote their total cost of occupancy — what a building actually costs to run, once every ledger account owned by a different person is added up.
Read article Sept. 8, 2026 Real Estate in the BoardroomWhy Advice Paid by Commission Is a Governance Risk
Most real estate advice that costs nothing is paid for somewhere else – by a transaction commission or by the services the adviser also sells. That is a conflict of interest for governance to manage, not evidence of dishonesty.
Read article Sept. 1, 2026 Are You Getting What You Pay For?The FM Contract Nobody Reads: Why Outsourced Services Are the Least-Governed Line in the Budget
In most multi-site organisations, outsourced facilities and real estate services are reviewed less rigorously than a capital project a tenth their size. Facilities management contract governance closes that gap — before cost drifts up and nobody notices.
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