Drawing on more than 25 years of experience serving complex real estate portfolios and Fortune 500 organizations through leading firms including CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, JLL, and Savills, founder David LeRoy Morrison established XLA Consultancy Group, LLC to deliver a more responsive, client-centered approach to lease administration and portfolio management.
Today, XLA provides high-touch lease administration, portfolio management, data governance, and advisory solutions tailored to each client’s operational needs. Our boutique model combines enterprise-caliber expertise with direct executive-level accountability—ensuring every engagement receives the precision, responsiveness, and attention it deserves.
At XLA Consultancy Group, LLC, our mission is to deliver disciplined,
enterprise-caliber lease administration and portfolio management with the responsiveness, accountability, and personalized attention of a boutique firm.
Lease administration is the disciplined management of leased real estate obligations, documents, data, financial commitments, and critical dates. Done well, it ensures that leases are accurately
administered, obligations are proactively managed, financial exposures are understood, and stakeholders across real estate, accounting, legal, finance, and facilities can rely on accurate, actionable portfolio data.
We believe every organization deserves rigorous lease administration, strong governance, and clear financial visibility. XLA combines experienced professional judgment, technology-enabled processes, robust quality control, and hands-on service to help clients reduce risk, strengthen data integrity, control costs, identify opportunities, and make better-informed real estate decisions.
1. Boutique by Design
We build relationships, not ticket numbers. Every client receives responsive, hands-on service and direct executive- level accountability.
2. White-Glove Execution
From abstraction and quality control to financial validation, reporting, and ongoing portfolio administration, precision and accountability are embedded in every deliverable.
3. Enterprise Expertise. Tailored Delivery.
We bring enterprise-caliber experience, disciplined processes, and scalable solutions without unnecessary layers—adapting our approach to the complexity and needs of each client.
Reliable lease intelligence starts with accurate source data.
We review lease documents and amendments to capture
key financial obligations, critical dates, options, and operational provisions in structured, client-ready abstracts. Our quality-control approach emphasizes source-document validation, documented exceptions,
and consistency with your portfolio standards.
Dependable portfolio decisions require dependable data.
We maintain and validate lease records in client-authorized systems, applying structured update procedures, quality checks, exception tracking, and change documentation. Our approach strengthens data integrity, reporting reliability, and visibility across the lease lifecycle.
Turn contractual deadlines into managed decisions.
We identify, validate, and track lease expirations, renewal and termination options, notice windows, and other time-sensitive obligations. Defined monitoring, reporting, and escalation workflows help client teams act with sufficient lead time and reduce avoidable exposure.
Maintain visibility over funds held throughout the lease lifecycle.
We track security deposit requirements, amounts, amendments, applicable interest provisions, transfers, and return conditions. Reconciled records and exception reporting help clients
monitor outstanding balances, support recoveries, and maintain appropriate financial controls.
Protect negotiated value through disciplined tracking.
We track tenant improvement allowance entitlements, eligibility conditions, submission requirements, deadlines, supporting documentation, and reimbursement status. Structured reporting and follow-up help clients identify outstanding allowances, support timely claims, and reduce the risk of unrealized contractual value.
Strengthen payment accuracy with disciplined lease-level review.
We prepare and review recurring rent schedules against documented lease terms, including scheduled escalations, approved adjustments, and applicable operating-expense or tax reconciliations. Variance identification and exception reporting support timely resolution and more reliable payment administration.
Transform lease information into actionable portfolio
intelligence.
We develop client-specific reports and dashboards covering expirations, options, financial obligations, deposits, tenant improvement allowances, data exceptions, and other portfolio priorities. Clear reporting supports operational oversight, informed planning, and accountable follow-through.
Insights at the intersection of lease administration, portfolio strategy, technology, and the evolving workplace.
CURRENT BRIEF:
An Exception Log Is Not a Remediation Plan
Published October 8, 2026
