Discover the Watchdog Difference:
Unmatched Client Protection and Tailored Services
At Watchdog, we go beyond standard service offerings to safeguard our clients against waste, loss, theft, and undesirable practices. Our nationwide team has extensive experience in delivering transparent insights, advisory services, and comprehensive management solutions.
Our specialty services include financial guidance to workplace strategies. We offer expertise in cost estimating, capital markets advisory, financial modeling, predevelopment, funding and grant support, multi-site rollouts, procurement, and contract negotiations. Additionally, provide positive client outcomes for workplace strategy and communications, change engagement, relocation management, and occupancy planning.
Our team comprises analytical and creative thinkers who delve deep into understanding your business objectives, key drivers, and risk tolerances. Leveraging partnerships with internal and external subject matter experts, we deliver solutions and decision-making tools to steer impactful real estate and construction choices.
Experience the Watchdog advantage today.
Workplace Strategy
Whether your aim is to foster innovation, collaboration, productivity, or any other strategic objective, Workplace Strategy delves deep into the nuances of your workspace to tailor it precisely to your needs.
Workplace Strategy begins with a comprehensive analysis of your business and space through Workplace Analytics. By gaining an in-depth understanding of your operations and environment, we can provide valuable insights into how your workspace currently functions and identify areas for improvement. Through Workplace Utilization, we offer a clear picture of how your space is utilized. By analyzing usage patterns and identifying inefficiencies, we help you make informed decisions about resource allocation and space optimization. Benchmarking is another essential aspect of our services. We ensure that your workplace strategies remain competitive and aligned with industry standards by providing market and trend comparisons. This enables you to stay ahead of the curve and adapt your strategies accordingly. Finally, our Programming and Space Needs service meticulously documents every aspect of your space, from space types to quantities and sizes. This comprehensive approach ensures that your future space planning efforts are well-informed and strategic.
Capital Markets Services
Debt Financing -Watchdog harnesses industry experience and strong lender relationships to craft innovative debt financing strategies tailored exclusively to your unique commercial real estate objectives. Serving as your trusted advocate, Watchdog will work to procure our clients the most competitive financing solutions, serving as a bridge to connect you with leveraged capital solutions to help you successfully achieve your commercial real estate project goals.
Equity Placement – Watchdog understands that equity may be an essential element to your project’s comprehensive capitalization, whether on its own or as a component of a project’s capital structure. Equity structures for financing a commercial real estate project can vary significantly with the project’s goals, return objectives, risk profile, investment time horizon, among other factors. Watchdog will conduct a thorough evaluation of your specific financing needs to determine if an equity investment will serve as accretive component the capital necessary to finance your project, work to source an investment arrangement that aligns seamlessly with your objectives.
Advisory Services
Understanding how to unlock and maximize the value of a commercial real estate project is paramount for the project’s success. Watchdog’s experienced Advisory Services team provides you with the resources, tools, and analytics of an in-house investment committee; enabling you to effectively make informed financial and strategic decisions at any point in your commercial real estate project’s lifecycle.
Watchdog’s Advisory Services include, but are not limited to:
- Investment Strategy
- Site Selection
- Due Diligence
- Market Research
- Feasibility Study
- Pro Forma Underwriting and Analysis
- Contract Drafting and Negotiation
- Financial Due Diligence/Assumption Validation
When you partner with Watchdog, you gain a trusted project ally. Our Capital Markets & Advisory team aims to provide our clients the confidence to navigate the complexities of a commercial real estate project execution or investment. Whether it is ground-up construction, use conversion, or determining a strategic exit from a project upon its completion, Watchdog will be there to help our clients optimize their commercial real estate project’s objectives to achieve extraordinary outcomes.
Cost Estimating
We understand the critical importance of accurate cost analysis and staying abreast of market trends in the construction industry. Our comprehensive approach ensures that your project remains on budget and on schedule, mitigating risks associated with escalating costs and unforeseen changes.
We analyze market trend and escalation reports from major General Contractors (GCs), PPI Index, and sources like Blue for insights into raw material cost escalations over time. Additionally, we source data on local labor rates from municipalities and other reliable resources, ensuring accurate estimation of labor costs.
We also conduct thorough peer reviews of cost estimates, performing spot checks on quantity and unit costs to identify discrepancies and ensure accuracy. Our team compares bid proposals against industry benchmarks and historical data to assess competitiveness and identify potential areas for cost optimization.
By employing these methodologies and tools, Watchdog delivers cost-effective solutions and empowers clients to make informed decisions throughout the project lifecycle. Trust us to keep your project on track, within budget, and ahead of the curve.