Global Workplace & Real Estate

Real estate, construction, and workplace delivery for companies scaling faster than their physical footprint.

High-stakes real estate & construction for fast-scaling companies — a 1.9M SF, $500M workplace portfolio at Shopify through 400% growth, enterprise strategy at M Moser, and infrastructure expansion at JetX across three continents.

Shopify's Toronto headquarters at 620 King Street West — a tan-leather lounge with people working against the Toronto skyline — Shopify Toronto — 620 King Street West · Linebox Studio

15+Years

RE, construction & workplace

1.9MSF

Portfolio led at Shopify

$500MProgram

Workplace capital delivered

400%Growth

Headcount environment

3Regions

AMER · EU · APAC

Rooftop terrace with CN Tower views — Rooftop terrace

Social kitchen and coffee bar — Social kitchen

The wall of dog portraits — Dog-portrait wall

Bird-and-branch mural meeting room — Mural meeting room

01Fit

Built for the operating reality behind fast-growing AI companies.

AI companies don’t scale on software alone. They need physical infrastructure, capital discipline, and cross-functional execution — built under ambiguity, on timelines that don’t wait for certainty.

01Translating business growth into physical footprint strategy

02Managing ambiguity while still delivering on timeline

03Leading technically complex builds end to end

04Balancing long-term infrastructure with near-term speed

05Partnering across finance, legal, ops, design & leadership

02Proof of Scale

Three environments. Scale, strategy, and full-stack execution.

Shopify

Workplace at global scale

Led workplace growth across a global portfolio through one of the fastest expansion periods in the company’s history — offices, strategy, and capital delivery under continuous change.

Capital deliveryWorkplace strategyPortfolioConstruction

1.9M SF

Portfolio led

$500M

Program value

400%

Headcount growth

M Moser

Enterprise advisory

Advised enterprise & Fortune 500 clients on workplace strategy and real estate — client-facing leadership and a global perspective on how organizations occupy space.

AdvisoryWorkplace strategyRE planningClient leadership

F500

Client tier

Global

Perspective

Multi

Sector

JetX

Infrastructure growth model

Built a real-estate-led growth model for physical-infrastructure expansion — end-to-end, from sourcing and financing to governance and operations across three regions.

Site sourcingDeal structureFinancingOperations

AMER

Region

APAC

Region

03Capability

The work I lead sits where strategy, capital, construction, and operations meet.

Portfolio Strategy

Turning growth plans into physical footprint decisions.

Site Selection

Assessing where, when, and how to expand.

Capital Delivery

High-stakes projects from concept through completion.

Financial Modeling

Underwriting decisions with capital discipline.

Construction Delivery

Leading technically complex builds to handover.

Lease Strategy

Structuring commitments around growth and optionality.

Workplace Strategy

How organizations occupy and use space.

Executive Communication

Translating complexity for decision-makers.

Cross-Functional Leadership

Aligning finance, legal, ops, and design.

Team Leadership

Leading delivery teams through complexity.

Vendor & Consultant Mgmt

Directing the external delivery bench.

Governance & Reporting

Protecting speed without losing control.

04Case Studies

Three briefings.

Case 01 — Shopify

Scaling workplace infrastructure during extreme company growth.

Shopify Toronto cafeteria and social dining with oak banquette, floral rug and skyline views

ContextGlobal portfolio scaling under 400% headcount growth

What I ledStrategy, capital & construction — 1.9M SF / $500M program

Why it matteredCapacity had to outrun hiring — without breaking budget or governance

ResultDelivered at scale through volatility — speed + capital discipline held

Case 02 — JetX

A real-estate-led model for global infrastructure deployment.

ContextPhysical-infrastructure platform, multi-market expansion

What I builtEnd-to-end model — sourcing, financing, permitting, ops

MarketsAMER · EU · APAC — varied regulatory & capital regimes

For AnthropicFull-stack expansion thinking for net-new footprint

JetX robotaxi-wash equipment portfolio — three formats: A0 RoboJetX compact touchless, A5 Roll Over in-bay automatic, and A7 Express Tunnel highest-throughput, each with throughput and power specs — Robotaxi-wash equipment portfolio — A0 · A5 · A7 formats

Aerial view of a large JetX manufacturing and warehouse facility — Manufacturing & infrastructure at scale

Case 03 — M Moser

Advising complex organizations on workplace and real estate.

M Moser workplace — a bright, plant-filled lab office with tan sofas, a London-themed mural wall, people working, and a dog

ContextEnterprise & F500 clients, consequential RE decisions

RoleClient-facing strategic advisor — workplace & RE planning

Strategic valueClarified where, how & why to occupy space

RelevanceBusiness strategy → workplace decisions — directly transferable

M Moser activity-based workplace zoning plan — six zones mapped across a floor plan: community & connection, huddle & focus, mind hives, me-myself-and-I space, project workshop, and adaptivity in motion — Workplace strategy — activity-based zoning plan

05Selected Work

620 King Street West

Shopify’s flagship Toronto HQ — nine connected floors in the King Portland Centre, the raw concrete shell paired with warm oak, burnt-orange, and black steel. Linebox Studio, 2019.

Location

Toronto, ON

Scale

~180,000 SF

Floors

9 connected

Design

Linebox Studio

Opened

2019

Burnt-orange lounge nook with curved floor-to-ceiling glazing overlooking the CN Tower and the Toronto skyline — Lounge nook — burnt-orange palette, curved glazing, CN Tower views

Tan-leather lounge with a colour-block mural and people working against the Toronto skyline — Workplace lounge, skyline outlook

A wall of framed dog portraits above leather sofas — a signature Shopify culture moment — The wall of dog portraits

Meeting room with a bird-and-branch mural, exposed concrete, burnt-orange acoustic felt and a warm-oak table — Bird-mural meeting room

Social kitchen and coffee bar with hanging plants and teal bar stools — Social kitchen & coffee bar

Rooftop terrace with outdoor dining tables and CN Tower views — Rooftop terrace

Cafeteria and social dining with an oak banquette, floral rug, mural and skyline views — Cafeteria & social dining

All-hands social space

Market-style food hall with arched serving stations — Market-style food hall

The 620 King Street West building exterior — a brick base with a glass upper volume in the King Portland Centre — 620 King Street West — exterior

Photography — Giordano Ciampini · Linebox Studio · Officelovin’

06Philosophy

How I lead complex physical work.

Make ambiguity executable.

Turn unclear mandates into sequenced, deliverable plans without waiting for perfect information.

Build the operating system, not just the project plan.

Leave behind repeatable structure — governance, reporting, and process that outlast any single build.

Surface tradeoffs early.

Put the real cost, schedule, and risk decisions in front of leadership before they harden.

Protect speed without losing governance.

Move fast on a frame that keeps capital, risk, and quality under control.

Lead through complexity without creating noise.

Keep teams, consultants, and vendors aligned and calm under pressure.

Communicate clearly across every level.

Speak the language of executives, operators, consultants, and vendors alike.

07Anthropic

What I would bring to Anthropic.

The range to lead Anthropic’s most technically complex real estate and construction projects — and to build the PMs, partners, and systems that execute across the portfolio.

Large-scale construction and capital delivery

Global workplace and real estate strategy

Real-estate-led growth execution across complex markets

Taylor Erwin

California, USA

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