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The Pre-Tour Calibration Guide. The framework I send before every building tour.

Before a client walks into a single building, I send this four-page brief. It aligns the team on what to evaluate, what to ignore, and the questions worth asking out loud. Delivered to your inbox in HTML — no PDF, nothing to download.

  • Five lenses for evaluating space — executive, employee, client, operations, finance
  • The fixed-vs-changeable framework for separating deal-breakers from project-budget items
  • The questions worth asking out loud — of the space, the building, the landlord, the deal
  • Built-out vs. shell — how the conversation shifts and what to watch for in each
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Four pages. Used in every tour I run for a tenant.

Page 01 / Framing
Touring with intent.

Separating what's fixed from what's changeable. Walking every space through five sets of eyes — executive, employee, client, operations, finance.

Page 02 / Walk
The moments that test a building.

Running the building through real scenarios — Monday arrival, client day, Friday afternoon, recruiting walk, the flex test. The neighborhood lens. The questions worth asking out loud.

Page 03 / Built-out
Read what's there, see what's hiding.

When the suite is already built — furniture ownership, IT closet, HVAC zoning, lighting, glare, acoustics. The PM lens. The granular due-diligence that surfaces early-stage cost.

Page 04 / Shell
Stop grading the space. Grade the building.

When you're starting from raw shell or a full gut — base building delivery, floor plate, HVAC infrastructure, electrical risers, plumbing and life safety, the triggers that move TI dollars and weeks of schedule.

Built for the people who have to make the call.

01

Real estate & facilities leads

Running the search internally and need a structured framework to align leadership before — and after — every tour.

02

Executives evaluating space

You only do this every five to ten years. The guide is what your tenant advisor wishes you'd read on the way to the first tour.

03

Owner-occupiers and buyers

For purchase decisions, the diligence layer expands. The framework still applies — and you'll want it before you walk a roof.

CB
Chase Bourdelaise
Managing Director · Tenant Advisory & Workplace Solutions

"The best space is rarely the most finished one. It's the one that delivers the strongest combination of experience, economics, speed and strategic fit."

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