What are you building?

We provide strategic insights, real estate advisory and development services that help you build and operate spaces for innovation, companies and talent in your community.

Coworking

Flexible, on-demand workspace, meeting and gathering spaces

Incubation

Innovation hubs to accelerate product and company building

Production

Makerspaces for prototyping, production, manufacturing

Amenities

Social and retail amenities to enhance tenant experience

Mixed-use

Integrated buildings and spaces that fuel work and life

Districts

Innovation districts, parks, and micro-neighborhoods

Projects

Leading Edmonton's startup community

As co-founder of Startup Edmonton, we led the transformation of a 100-year old, 42,000 sq ft warehouse into hub for hackers, artists and entrepreneurs, home to 600+ members, launching 100+ startups, 40+ meetups, 4 restaurants, cafes and pop-up retail space and studios.

startupedmonton.com →

Design: 5468796 Architecture / Kasian / CMLC

Projects

Building Calgary's platform for innovation

We were engaged by the founding development and investor team to lead engagement strategy, experience design, program concept, and secure a master operator for a new 50,000 sf downtown innovation centre integrated into a parkade structure in Calgary’s East Village.

platformcalgary.com →

Design: DIALOG / Faculty of Engineering

Projects

Garage for student makers and engineers

We were engaged by the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta to lead the engagement strategy, experience design, and program development for a new 6,000 sq ft maker space including student workspace and fabrication tools.

garage.ualberta.ca →

Projects

A production hub for food makers and brands

In partnership with Wild Heart Collective, we are leading the development and operations of a new 15,000 sq ft food production hub and market in downtown Edmonton, featuring 13 commercial kitchens, a test restaurant, and storage space.

jointhepublic.com →

Projects

One million square feet of innovation downtown

Building on our 1M (one million sq ft) placemaking platform, we are working with several developers and building owners to reposition and activate a million feet of retail, amenity and innovation space across downtown Edmonton over the next five years.

onemillionfeet.com →

Braintrust

The twin drivers of innovation in cities are people and place."

Our innovation practice is led by Ken Bautista, entrepreneur behind multiple tech companies; co-founded Startup Edmonton, home to 600+ members and startups; started Flightpath Ventures, a local seed fund; led entrepreneurship and innovation at Edmonton Economic Development; and, was a founding advisor of the Startup Canada Communities initiative.

Narrative experiences bring people and ideas together."

Jasmine Palardy was an early pioneer of crowdsourcing and online collaboration technology, and served as an ecosystem builder in Silicon Valley - helping create startup support programs in both Canada and the US before launching Beakerhead - an arts and engineering outreach organization in Calgary.

Services

Research & insights

Presentations and reports featuring trend insights and data-driven perspectives to help shape your space and operation

Workshops & training

Hands-on sessions focused on best practices for space operators, community managers, and ecosystem leaders

Development & advisory

Strategic advisory, exploration studies, market validation and project management for developers, policymakers and operators

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Capabilities

Exploration

User personas
Stakeholders
Brand & positioning
Financing strategy
Proforma modeling

Planning

Work spaces
Social spaces
Production spaces
Amenities & equipment
Area development

Building

Site selection
Project management
Design & engineering
Construction
Leasing, launch strategy

Programming

Community building
Engaging mentors
Program frameworks
Incubation, acceleration
Recruitment

Operations

Staffing & teams
IT systems, platforms
Tracking metrics
Customer support
Sustainability

Expansion

Multi-location
Scale-up playbooks
Franchising
Market entry
Partnerships

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Building innovation campuses and spaces playbook

Our best practices and project case studies

Models for innovation-focused real estate projects

Development checklist for innovation campuses

Building places and spaces for innovation and entrepreneurship.

What are you building?

We provide strategic insights, real estate advisory and development services that help you build and operate spaces for innovation, companies and talent in your community.

Coworking

Flexible, on-demand workspace, meeting and gathering spaces

Incubation

Innovation hubs to accelerate product and company building

Production

Makerspaces for prototyping, production, manufacturing

Amenities

Social and retail amenities to enhance tenant experience

Mixed-use

Integrated buildings and spaces that fuel work and life

Districts

Innovation districts, parks, and micro-neighborhoods

Projects

Leading Edmonton's startup community

As co-founder of Startup Edmonton, we led the transformation of a 100-year old, 42,000 sq ft warehouse into hub for hackers, artists and entrepreneurs, home to 600+ members, launching 100+ startups, 40+ meetups, 4 restaurants, cafes and pop-up retail space and studios.

Projects

Building Calgary's platform for innovation

We were engaged by the founding development and investor team to lead engagement strategy, experience design, program concept, and secure a master operator for a new 50,000 sf downtown innovation centre integrated into a parkade structure in Calgary’s East Village.

Projects

Garage for student makers and engineers

We were engaged by the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta to lead the engagement strategy, experience design, and program development for a new 6,000 sq ft maker space including student workspace and fabrication tools.

Projects

A production hub for food makers and brands

In partnership with Wild Heart Collective, we are leading the development and operations of a new 15,000 sq ft food production hub and market in downtown Edmonton, featuring 13 commercial kitchens, a test restaurant, and storage space.

Projects

One million square feet of innovation downtown

Building on our 1M (one million sq ft) placemaking platform, we are working with several developers and building owners to reposition and activate a million feet of retail, amenity and innovation space across downtown Edmonton over the next five years.

Braintrust

The twin drivers of innovation in cities are people and place."

Narrative experiences bring people and ideas together."

Jasmine Palardy was an early pioneer of crowdsourcing and online collaboration technology, and served as an ecosystem builder in Silicon Valley - helping create startup support programs in both Canada and the US before launching Beakerhead - an arts and engineering outreach organization in Calgary.

Services

Research & insights

Presentations and reports featuring trend insights and data-driven perspectives to help shape your space and operation

Workshops & training

Hands-on sessions focused on best practices for space operators, community managers, and ecosystem leaders

Development & advisory

Strategic advisory, exploration studies, market validation and project management for developers, policymakers and operators

Capabilities

Exploration

User personasStakeholdersBrand & positioningFinancing strategyProforma modeling

Planning

Work spacesSocial spacesProduction spacesAmenities & equipmentArea development

Building

Site selectionProject managementDesign & engineeringConstructionLeasing, launch strategy

Programming

Community buildingEngaging mentorsProgram frameworksIncubation, accelerationRecruitment

Operations

Staffing & teamsIT systems, platformsTracking metricsCustomer supportSustainability

Expansion

Multi-locationScale-up playbooksFranchisingMarket entryPartnerships

Get in touch and download our free innovation campuses starter playbook

Thank you.

Our best practices and project case studies

Models for innovation-focused real estate projects

Development checklist for innovation campuses

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User personas
Stakeholders
Brand & positioning
Financing strategy
Proforma modeling

Work spaces
Social spaces
Production spaces
Amenities & equipment
Area development

Site selection
Project management
Design & engineering
Construction
Leasing, launch strategy

Community building
Engaging mentors
Program frameworks
Incubation, acceleration
Recruitment

Staffing & teams
IT systems, platforms
Tracking metrics
Customer support
Sustainability

Multi-location
Scale-up playbooks
Franchising
Market entry
Partnerships