What Catalyst Planning Group does

Catalyst Planning Group, LLC is a Denver, Colorado-based boutique professional services firm founded in 2007 by siblings Brian Walsh and Megan Walsh. The firm provides owner's representation, project management, construction management, due diligence management, LEED certification management, IT management, restack management, move management, and furniture management services for commercial real estate projects. It serves enterprise and government clients across aerospace and defense (United Launch Alliance, Savi/Lockheed Martin), banking (Wells Fargo), technology (Yahoo!, Constant Contact, TriZetto), legal (Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons), food and beverage (Chipotle, MolsonCoors), mining (Rio Tinto), and education (Park County School District RE-2), reporting completed work across 35 U.S. states and 9 countries. The underlying model is principal-led consulting in which the founders personally drive both business development and project delivery, supported by a stated leadership team with 75+ years of collective project management experience and credentials including LEED AP BD+C certification and a Pratt Institute master's in Facilities Management.

The firm has no proprietary software platform and delivers a unified suite of human-delivered consulting services where owner's representation acts as the umbrella coordinating all construction and non-construction workstreams including architecture, engineering, general contracting, sustainability, AV, cabling, security, furniture, and move management. Revenue is generated through quote-based, project-defined professional services engagements ranging from full-service turnkey project management to a la carte consulting, billed on multi-year contracts with no public pricing tiers or software/SaaS component. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales driven by direct principal relationships, referrals, content marketing in the Colorado Real Estate Journal, and active participation in the CoreNet Global Colorado Chapter, with no channel partners, resellers, or marketplace listings. The firm operates as a privately held LLC with no disclosed parent company, external investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity.

The operating model is constrained by a 1-10 person core team yet has executed large-scale engagements including a 950,000 RSF Wells Fargo headquarters and a 450,000 sq ft United Launch Alliance campus with relocation of 2,100 personnel, suggesting the firm subcontracts or assembles extended project teams per engagement. Auxiliary branding includes the CatalystCares community outreach sub-brand supporting non-profits such as Habitat for Humanity, Canine Companions for Independence, Food for Thought, The Gathering Place, and Seeds of Hope.

Name

Catalyst Planning Group

Legal name

Catalyst Planning Group, LLC

Website

https://catalystplanninggroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Catalyst Planning Group is a Denver-based boutique professional services firm founded in 2007 providing owner's representation, project management, construction management, and relocation services for commercial real estate clients across industries including aerospace, banking, technology, legal, and food and beverage, operating in 35 U.S. states and 9 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Project Management Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC)

Keywords

• Owner's representation services
• Commercial project management
• Construction management consulting
• Relocation management services
• LEED certification management

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Project Management Consulting Services: Professional services revenue generated through owner's representation, project management, construction management, and relocation management engagements. Services range from full-service turnkey project management to a la carte consulting services. Billing is project-based with scope-defined engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Catalyst Planning Group is a boutique owner's representation and project management consultancy that serves as a single point of coordination for commercial real estate clients across all construction and non-construction workstreams. The firm delivers project management, construction management, due diligence, LEED management, IT management, restack, move management, and furniture management services on a customized, project-scope basis, with principals Brian and Megan Walsh personally involved in delivery.

Product overview

Catalyst Planning Group is a professional services firm providing project, construction and relocation management services for commercial real estate projects. The company operates as a single unified service offering with owner’s representation as the core service, supported by integrated project management, construction management, due diligence management, and specialized add-on services including LEED management, IT management, restack management, move management, and furniture management. Rather than a software platform with separate modules, the company delivers a cohesive suite of consulting and management services where owner’s representation serves as the umbrella under which all other services are coordinated.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CatalystCares: Community outreach program supporting local and broader community charities, foundations, and non-profit organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Canine Companions for Independence, Food for Thought, and others.

Products and services

• Owner's Representation Single point of coordination acting as an outsourced third-party advocate for the client across all internal and external partners working on a commercial real estate project.
• Project Management Partnership-based management of all construction and non-construction workstreams to define and realize client project goals and objectives with practical results.
• Construction Management Partner-based approach to the physical build of a commercial real estate project, supporting all project delivery methods with focused, dependable resources to deliver on-time and on-budget results.
• Due Diligence Management Single point of contact for fact-finding and research-based exploration of contemplated or planned commercial real estate projects, including MEP due diligence, life safety review, and code/ADA analysis.
• LEED Management Streamlined approach to building green and earning LEED certification, coordinating sustainable strategies with GBCI including scorecard management and commissioning.
• IT Management Oversight of low voltage cabling, audio visual, security, telephony, technology, and sound-masking integration into the overall project master plan.
• Restack Management Organization and oversight of all adds, moves, and changes for a client, including optimization strategies and origin/destination planning sequence.
• Move Management Relocation management oversight for clients relocating to a new facility, including move vendor RFPs, origin/destination planning, sequenced move planning, and corporate communication strategies.
• Furniture Management Coordination of furniture procurement for commercial real estate projects, including competitive RFPs to manufacturers and dealers, design, inventory development, and installation management.

Quantifiable outcome

• Chipotle corporate HQ project: Catalyst 'covered their fee at least three times over in resolving issues that they were able to catch before they became problems.'
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CoreNet Global Colorado ChapterminorOthersCatalyst Planning Group actively participates in CoreNet Global Colorado Chapter, including community service initiatives, networking events, and industry collaboration. They partner with CoreNet for charitable programs such as the Bocce Ball Tournament and various community outreach efforts.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Gilbane Building Company: Gilbane operates a dedicated owner's representative / construction management practice serving corporate and institutional clients, with overlapping service scope to Catalyst and comparable focus on integrated delivery.
• Cresa: Cresa is a global tenant-rep and owner's-rep advisory firm focused exclusively on occupiers of commercial real estate. Their occupier-focused project management and owner's representation offering directly overlaps Catalyst's core service to corporate occupiers.
• Project Management Inc. (PMI): PMI is a boutique owner-representation and project management firm serving corporate occupiers in the Western U.S. Its lean, founder-led delivery model and core owner's-rep offering are directly comparable to Catalyst Planning Group.
• Project Management Advisors (PMA): PMA is a long-standing boutique owner's-representation and project management firm serving corporate, institutional, and public-sector clients across the U.S., with a very similar single-point-of-coordination service model and enterprise client focus as Catalyst Planning Group.

Broad incumbents

• Avison Young Project Management: Avison Young offers a project management and owner's-rep practice as part of its full-service global CRE platform, competing with Catalyst on enterprise occupier mandates in the U.S. and internationally.
• JLL Project & Development Services: JLL operates a global Project & Development Services practice that delivers owner's representation, project, and construction management to corporate occupiers. Like CBRE, it competes with boutique owner's-rep firms on enterprise-scale engagements.
• Colliers Project Management: Colliers International provides project management and owner's representation as part of its broader global real estate services platform, directly comparable to Catalyst's owner-rep services for corporate occupiers.
• Newmark Project Management: Newmark provides project and construction management services as part of its full-service commercial real estate platform, a broad incumbent peer to Catalyst for enterprise occupier mandates.
• Cushman & Wakefield Project & Development Services: Cushman & Wakefield runs a global Project & Development Services group providing owner's-rep and construction management services to occupiers. It is a broad incumbent peer for Catalyst in the enterprise owner's-rep market.
• CBRE Project Management: CBRE is the world's largest commercial real estate services company and offers full-service project management and owner's representation as part of its broader Advisory services. It competes with Catalyst on enterprise mandates where global reach is required.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/catalystpg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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