Baker Holtz to upgrade office space to larger suite on Waters Building new second floor

As big changes for the Waters Building at 161 Ottawa Avenue NW get underway, existing fourth floor tenants Baker Holtz CPAs & Advisors look forward to big changes as well, gearing up for its own modern office upgrade into a roomier space on the second floor. 

Currently residing in a 3,000-square-foot space at suite 409-A of the Waters Building, Managing Partner Ryan Holtz says the Baker Holtz offices will move to a larger, 5,000-square-foot suite on the second floor sometime in December. 

Holtz says new owners at Edmark Development Co. and Visser Brothers Inc. plan to start renovations in September after current tenant leases run out for the four existing suites that will be combined into one for the new Baker Holtz office space. 

The move comes after Edmark Development Co. and Visser Brothers Inc. announced plans in the spring to overhaul the 280,000-square-foot historic Waters Building into a 107-room Hilton Homewood Suites Hotel and 42-unit apartment building with a smaller allocation of space for offices. 

Holtz says although plans for the hotel and apartment renovations are forcing the the offices to make the move, it worked out to Baker Holtz's advantage, not only offering more space for expansion, but also the chance make a shift to the kind of modern, collaborative work space he has been wanting for years. 

“Specifically for our space, we needed it to be a little bit different,” Holtz says. “Right now, we have a very nice space that gives you a bit of homey feel, if you will. We just need it modernized in addition to having those collaboration spaces within the suite. That’s going to be important, as well.”
 
Written by Anya Zentmeyer, Development News Editor