A CRE portfolio exists in three different blocks of time. You sign your leases in the past, you occupy spaces in the present and they need to serve your business’ needs in the future. Balancing these three time spans can be challenging for a portfolio manager. However, applying traditional tools from the fields of risk..

Tenant representation is one of the most valuable corporate real estate services that your company can invest in. In many cases, it doesn’t even cost anything. However, just because it’s free doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t maximize the value that you get from your representative. When you choose a skilled tenant representative, you might be..

Office relocation into a new market is never a simple process, but can be extremely rewarding for business. Done right, it can streamline your operations and reduce your costs, put you in a position to take advantage of new opportunities or both. Done wrong, it can be an expensive distraction that interrupts operations and harms..

If you make a small leasing mistake in an office, it might cost you a little bit of money. Getting the wrong space or the wrong lease terms when you’re a retailer could tank your entire business. After all, you can’t contract out retailing or have salespeople sell from home if you’re a brick-and-mortar retailer…

Mergers and acquisitions can provide synergy throughout both merging organizations. However, they can also pose a range of logistical challenges. Managing a corporate real estate portfolio in the face of a merger is especially challenging: the needs of the company organically change and the portfolio has to be actively managed to serve those changes. While..