Amber Austin

Amber Austin serves as a Broker with the PBS R00 Center for Broker Services under the General Services Administration’s Public Buildings Service, where she plays a critical role in securing commercial real estate assets to support federal agency operations nationwide. Her responsibilities include identifying, evaluating, and negotiating leases for nonresidential office space and related facilities, ensuring alignment with federal workspace optimization goals. She manages the full lifecycle of leasing acquisitions—from market analysis and site selection to contract execution—focusing on cost-effective, secure, and mission-critical tenant spaces for federal personnel. Her work directly supports the agency’s mandate to streamline federal footprints through strategic real estate acquisition. Amber maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of experienced real estate developers and property owners, including TWO CON LLC, ONNI TIMES SQUARE LP, CVD MAIN LLC, BELTSVILLE GSA FDA LLC, and CC OWNER LLC. These partnerships are primarily transactional and lease-focused, centered on securing long-term occupancy agreements for federal tenants. Her approach emphasizes due diligence, market competitiveness, and compliance with federal leasing regulations, fostering stable, repeat engagements with vendors who demonstrate reliability in delivering turnkey leased space solutions. Amber’s procurement activity reflects a strict preference for no set-aside contracts, with 100% of her acquisitions awarded under full and open competition. This pattern indicates a focus on market-wide competitiveness rather than socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing property quality, location suitability, and fiscal efficiency over targeted small business participation criteria such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB designations. Her procurement expertise is concentrated exclusively in NAICS 531120—Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses)—reflecting a specialized domain in commercial real estate leasing. She exclusively procures leased office space and related nonresidential facilities, demonstrating deep familiarity with lease structures, tenant improvement allowances, and federal real property compliance standards.