Last update: 04/15/2008
General Administration is working with the Office of Financial Management to implement new legislation to oversee state facility analysis and decision making
Real estate services
- Space available for lease
- Surplus property for sale
- Solicitations for leased space and market searches
- Request for Information (RFI)
How we can help
- How we can help agencies locate and lease space
- Property management
- Design, alteration and construction services
Forms, publications and reference
- Forms & publications
- Agent territory assignments
- Service fees
- Important laws that apply to leased space
- Parking and transportation needs planning
Real estate services
Acquisition & Disposal
General Administration helps agencies acquire and dispose of real property, improved or unimproved.
We complete and/or obtain documentation necessary for real estate transactions, including:
- Appraisals
- Environmental studies
- Hazardous waste evaluations
- Assignable options
- Topographies
- Surveys
- Building evaluations
- Grants
- Easements
- Title policies
- Legal descriptions and all details relevant to acquisitions and disposals
We dispose of state-owned public property, improved or unimproved, in compliance with all applicable statutes. Lease development projects are also developed and managed by General Administration.
Agencies pay, generally, on an hourly basis for all acquisition and disposal services performed. For more information, call (360) 902-7373 or send e-mail to RES Customer Support.
How We Can Help Agencies
State agencies lease over 11 million square feet of office space throughout Washington. The majority of the leases are five-year terms. As program needs change, state agencies are constantly searching for new space, changing or expanding their existing space, or renewing their leases. Each lease includes a review of the number of parking spaces to ensure compliance with state law. This is a complex and lengthy process full of regulatory hurdles and, in a competitive market, tough negotiations. RES guides you through the process and helps you secure appropriate space at the best possible price.Agencies' Part in the Process
Lease/Design projects are accomplished through the efforts of project teams. These teams are composed of a lease agent, architect, client agency facility planner, tenant representative, the lessor, the lessor’s contractor, and sometimes, the lessor’s architect.
The lease agent is the project leader, responsible for coordination throughout the process. As a team member, the state agency seeking space must clearly define space and parking needs. Work with your facility planner, the lessor's architect or our architect to plan your office space before you initiate a space request.
Agencies' Role as a Project Team Member
As a project team member, you will help select the space to lease, participate in the rate negotiations, decide which alterations you need and how much to pay for them, determine the amount of available employee parking, and make many other important decisions. The project leader will lay out a schedule at the beginning, with all events and milestones clearly identified for each participant.Controlling Costs
Our architects and lease agents are committed to keeping your costs as low as possible. The goal for the lease agent is to rent your space at or below the standard market rate for your area. The architect will evaluate construction costs and approve them before any work is done. Nothing drives up construction costs more than changes. You can reduce or eliminate these costs by carefully planning your space before construction starts. Our architects can help you do that.
