Erika Kaufman

Erika L. Kaufman serves as Vice President at the PBS R00 Center for Broker Services within the General Services Administration’s Public Buildings Service, where she leads strategic real estate acquisition initiatives to secure commercial office space and nonresidential properties for federal agency operations nationwide. In this capacity, she oversees the end-to-end procurement lifecycle for lease agreements, ensuring compliance with federal real estate standards, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with the federal footprint optimization agenda. Her portfolio primarily involves complex lease transactions requiring coordination with property owners, legal counsel, and facility managers to deliver secure, mission-critical workspaces for federal personnel. Kaufman maintains consistent relationships with a core group of institutional real estate owners and developers, including TWO CON LLC, ONNI TIMES SQUARE LP, CVD MAIN LLC, BELTSVILLE GSA FDA LLC, and CC OWNER LLC. These partnerships are typically structured as long-term, performance-based lease agreements for Class A and Class B commercial properties, often involving build-to-suit, tenant improvement allowances, and space reconfiguration provisions. Her contracting approach emphasizes stability, risk mitigation, and operational continuity, favoring established real estate entities with proven track records in federal leasing. Her procurement activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition, reflecting a strategic emphasis on market-wide competition and value-driven outcomes rather than socioeconomic set-asides. This approach underscores a mission-first orientation toward securing optimal space solutions without restrictions based on vendor certification status. Kaufman’s expertise centers on NAICS 531120 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings), which accounts for 85.7% of her portfolio, and NAICS 531190 (Lessors of Other Real Estate Property). She specializes in procuring leased commercial office space, including mixed-use and government-leased facilities, with deep familiarity in property evaluation, lease negotiation, and federal real estate compliance frameworks such as the Federal Real Property Council guidelines and GSA’s Real Estate Acquisition Policy.