Emily G Kelly

Emily (Brashears) Kelly serves as a Lease Contracting Officer within the Public Buildings Service’s R3 Acquisition Management Division South, where she manages the acquisition of real estate leases to support federal facility operations across the Mid-Atlantic region. In this role, she is responsible for executing full lifecycle lease procurements—from market research and solicitation to award and contract administration—ensuring compliance with federal real property statutes and GSA policy. Her work directly enables federal agencies to secure safe, efficient, and cost-effective workspace solutions without the burden of ownership, aligning with the Public Buildings Service’s mission to modernize and sustain the federal real estate portfolio. Kelly works with a broad spectrum of commercial real estate owners, property managers, and leasing agents who provide nonresidential space under long-term lease agreements. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with experienced real estate firms capable of delivering turnkey lease solutions, including build-to-suit arrangements, tenant improvement allowances, and facility maintenance integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes transparency, competitive bidding, and performance-based outcomes to ensure tenant satisfaction and fiscal responsibility. Kelly’s procurement activity is entirely focused on open competition, with no set-asides utilized in her recent acquisitions. This reflects a strategic alignment with GSA’s real property priorities, which prioritize market-driven pricing and broad access to qualified lessors over socioeconomic set-asides. While small business participation is not formally mandated in her portfolio, she remains responsive to qualified small business lessors that meet technical and financial requirements. Her primary expertise lies in NAICS 531120 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings), which accounts for 92% of her activity, with additional work in NAICS 531190 (Lessors of Other Real Estate Property). She specializes in procuring office, laboratory, and mixed-use commercial spaces tailored to federal operational needs, demonstrating deep familiarity with lease structures, space planning standards, and federal facility requirements under the Federal Real Property Profile.