Maureen O''Brien

Maureen O’Brien 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, including market analysis, lease negotiation, and contract administration, ensuring alignment with federal workspace optimization goals and fiscal responsibility. Her portfolio primarily involves long-term leasing transactions for mission-critical federal facilities, requiring deep expertise in real estate law, property valuation, and federal acquisition regulations. O’Brien maintains consistent, high-volume contracting relationships with a select 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 characterized by recurring, large-scale lease executions for Class A and mission-supportive office spaces in major metropolitan markets. Her procurement approach emphasizes stability, performance-based lease terms, and long-term asset management, fostering trusted, transactional relationships with commercial property owners who meet federal standards for security, accessibility, and operational readiness. O’Brien’s contracting activity reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside conditions. This underscores a procurement strategy prioritizing market-wide competition over socioeconomic set-asides, aligning with the agency’s mandate to secure optimal space at the lowest practical cost. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, all procurements adhere to full transparency and compliance with FAR requirements. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 531120—Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings—which accounts for 88.9% of her activity, reflecting deep specialization in commercial office leasing. The remaining 11.1% involves residential leasing, typically for transitional or specialized federal use. O’Brien’s expertise centers on complex real estate transactions involving build-to-suit arrangements, tenant improvements, and leasehold interest management within federal property constraints.