Lisa L.

High-growth and distributed organizations do not need more real estate. They need the right physical platform to grow, work and compete. Across 20 years, including more than a decade spanning Corporate Real Estate, workplace, capital delivery and critical infrastructure, I have repeatedly been trusted as an owner-side steward of high-stakes market entry, workplace transformation and regional right-sizing when plans change. I approach those decisions like a strategic game of chess. Every move matters because every move changes what becomes possible next. The strongest position is often the one that preserves options, limits unnecessary exposure and keeps the organization three moves ahead. Sometimes that means advancing decisively. Sometimes it means deliberately stepping back, right-sizing or exiting before yesterday’s decision becomes tomorrow’s irreversible and costly mistake. I do not start with square footage. I start with the business requirement. I translate growth, occupancy, technical readiness, work patterns, commercial terms and total cost into the right physical strategy, then carry it through market and site assessment, spatial planning, construction, MEP/HVAC, critical infrastructure, security, procurement, commissioning, go-live, relocation, decommissioning and exit. My experience spans AI and computer-vision R&D, SaaS, gaming and secure QA, global medical technology and private healthcare. I have launched technical workplaces from zero footprint, staged capacity through hypergrowth, challenged uneconomic real-estate paths, preserved market presence through flexible occupancy, delivered live-environment capital programs and protected continuity across distributed portfolios. Strategic workplace design is not simply an expression of aesthetic preferences and trendy amenities. In AI, gaming and advanced technology, exceptional talent is difficult to attract, expensive to replace and carries creativity, relationships, context and institutional knowledge that become more valuable over time. The workplace should give people genuine choice in how and where they perform best while strengthening the connection and belonging that make them want to stay. I also know that capital does not always create its greatest return in real estate. At different stages, infrastructure, research, salaries or recruiting may be the better investment. The workplace should serve the people and the business, rather than become the constraint that defines them. Montréal-based | English/French bilingual | Professional Spanish | Canadian/international travel