GSA: The Largest Real Estate Portfolio Automation Project in the World
Listen to this articleEach week, Realcomm Live speaks with influential industry leaders and subject matter experts about commercial and corporate real estate top of mind topics. Recently, we had a conversation with GSA's Chip Pierpont, Director of Innovation, Technology and Performance and Ana Rawson, Smart Buildings Program Manager, who shared how this very progressive government agency leverages technology and data to optimize management and operations of the government’s massive real estate portfolio.
GSA is the largest public real estate organization in the US, with a portfolio of more than 8,800 assets and management of almost 370 million square feet of rentable workspace. They have developed a world-class smart buildings program leveraging technology to improve performance, enhance occupant well-being, increase productivity, and manage risk from climate change, public health and cybersecurity.
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Nancy Stone, Managing Partner, SVP Operations & Events, Realcomm
Nancy Stone joined Realcomm as a Managing Partner in 1999. In her role as Events Director, she oversees the delivery of the annual Realcomm | IBcon | CoRE Tech conferences and is also Executive Editor of the RealcommEDGE Magazine. Prior to joining Realcomm, Nancy spent 20 years with CBRE, where her role included nationwide technology implementation and education for all enterprise applications. |
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