Journal of Corporate Real Estate: Volume 2 Issue 2

The Alliance Program: Establishing a new knowledge base on the corporate real estate portfolio management competency

Tom Bomba

The Corporate Real Estate Portfolio Alliance performed extensive research into corporate real estate portfolio management and developed a number of new practices and analytical…

A process for the portfolio management of real estate assets

Barry Varcoe

The paper identifies the need for a portfolio approach to the management of real estate assets, and sets out its key components as a ‘macro’ level process. Portfolio management is…

Strategies for demand forecasting in corporate real estate portfolio management

Martha A. O’Mara

Planning for future real estate and facility needs in a highly uncertain competitive environment can benefit from a four‐stage process of demand forecasting. Based upon research…

Creating an effective organisational model

Benjamin Chirgwin

CRE value is created by efficiently aligning business and real estate strategies. The primary responsibility in today’s environment for corporate real estate executives is to…

Financing corporate real estate: A raw materials procurement approach

Kevin E. Deeble

Current CRE financial management practices predominantly reflect a view of real estate as an investment vehicle. The author argues that for the CRE manager, real estate is not an…

Management information systems for corporate real estate

Wade Fransson, David Nelson

Over the last 15 years, many corporations have pursued systems integration to streamline operations, reduce costs and increase efficiency, resulting in enhanced competitiveness…

Beyond the technology: Software systems for proactive portfolio management

Richard Jones

Software companies boast the latest in interactive technology to solve all the CRE director’sproblems, but this is rarely the whole answer, part of the answer or even the answer…