6 Things To Know Before Paying The Operating & Tax Expense Invoice You Will Receive This Quarter

By:  Carrie S. Holstead, President & CEO, Carrie S. Holstead Real Estate Consultants, Inc. / ITRA Global Before paying your upcoming operating and tax expense invoice, … Read More

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Turn Your Building into Cash with Sale / Leasebacks

Featured Story Excerpt from Corporate Real Estate Strategies | Issue 34 The question of funding public and private sector projects is often a challenging one, given the … Read More

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Protecting Your Financial Interests as Rental Rates Increase (FAQ)

Frequently Asked Questions from Corporate Real Estate Strategies | Issue 34 With office markets tightening and Pittsburgh having one of the highest occupancy rates in the … Read More

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Lease Audits for Fun and Profit

Cover Story Excerpt from Corporate Real Estate Strategies | Issue 34 Believe it or not, corporate tenants often spend more time and money matching up purchase orders and paying for bottled water than they spend making sure that their rent expense (most likely the second highest company expense after personnel) is correct. A lease audit is an invaluable tool that identifies billing errors that are, unfortunately, all too common in commercial real estate leases. The following is a prime example of how a recent audit that our firm conducted saved the tenant significant sums of money: Read More

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Study by Carrie S. Holstead Real Estate Consultants, Inc. / ITRA Global Underscores Importance of Oil & Gas Industry to Pittsburgh Region

PITTSBURGH – (May 20, 2013) – Carrie S. Holstead, President and CEO of Carrie S. Holstead Real Estate Consultants, Inc. / ITRA Global and Immediate … Read More

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The Winning Strategies

Our recent international conference in London brought together top corporate professionals with global operations and economic development executives from government agencies throughout the Americas. Two expert panels … Read More

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The Winning Strategies

Our recent international conference in London brought together top corporate professionals with global operations and economic development executives from government agencies throughout the Americas.  Two … Read More

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ITRA Global Adds to its Group of Affiliates – Issue 33

Two new companies have been selected as affiliates of ITRA Global, an organization comprised of leading real estate professionals devoted to representing corporate tenants and occupiers of commercial real estate worldwide. Read More

ITRA Global London Symposium ‘Doing Business in the Americas’ The Winning Strategies – Issue 33

Our recent international conference in London brought together top corporate professionals with global operations and economic development executives from government agencies throughout the Americas. Read More

What the Class ‘New Boy’ Learned at the ITRA Global Symposium – Issue 33

I am in the happy position to have had only one job interview in my 15-year career but to have worked for two radically different law firms. Let me explain. In 1997, I turned up as a green trainee lawyer at the City of London corporate firm, Nicholson Graham & Jones (NGJ). Read More

Holstead Newsletter Spring 2013 PDF

Carrie Holstead of Carrie S. Holstead Real Estate Consultants, Inc. / ITRA Global, recently negotiated an expansion lease for Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, as well as the Pennsylvania headquarters lease for Glen Meakem’s … Read More

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Two World Class Panels Featured at ITRA Global “Doing Business in the Americas” Symposium in London – Issue 32

ITRA Global organized two outstanding panel discussions for “Doing Business in the Americas,” a premier all-day Symposium held recently at the Park Plaza Victoria London in England. Read More

Fun With Mozilla Firefox; Technology Icon Expands Worldwide – Issue 32

Our work with Mozilla, the Mountain View, California-based technology organization best known for its Firefox web browser used by 450 million people worldwide, began in early 2011 with a highly unusual but pleasurable phone call from Mozilla CFO James ... Read More

So You Want to Sign a Commercial Lease in Toronto, Eh? – Issue 32

Toronto, like many large international cities, offers a distinctive business climate that reflects local regulations and national traditions, but the city also holds another important distinction: it has endured the volatility of the global corporate r... Read More

Holstead Newsletter Fall 2012 PDF

Our work with Mozilla, the Mountain View, California-based technology organization best known for developing the Firefox web browser used by 450 million people worldwide, began … Read More

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