Journal of Corporate Real Estate: Volume 6 Issue 3

Virtual centres of excellence: An integrated approach to managing corporate real estate globally

Paul C. Harrington

The emergence of new markets and new opportunities means that few businesses can afford to ignore the impact of emerging markets. Consequently, these new markets are putting more…

A quality process approach to corporate real estate management

Ronald P. Zappile

How, with minimal staff and limited resources, do you manage a corporate real estate portfolio consisting of thousands of sites around the world? How can you meet the needs of an…

Using information and innovation to reduce costs and enable better solutions

Simon Roberts, Ian Daker

This paper outlines how the UK Royal Mail Group Property Holdings selected the relevant SAP modules (Real Estate, Project Systems, Material Management, Plant Maintenance) to…

Restructuring and renewing existing leases in today’s commercial office market: Guidelines for tenants to evaluate options and negotiate terms

J. Michael Dow, Gerald A. Porter

Over the past six months, much of the commercial real estate activity across markets has been comprised of lease renewals, many with restructured terms to capitalise on the…

Aligning corporate real estate to real estate investment functions: Improved property decision making using a real option approach

Andreas Pfnuer, Christina Schaefer, Stefan Armonat

Regarding the immense real estate divestitures that have taken place over the last couple of years, some stakeholders have begun to wonder if these short‐term activities may…

Corporate real estate management at Aventis

Christian Kühni, Björn Christmann

Corporate real estate management (CREM) is the most important minor matter in nonproperty companies. Therefore CREM must commit to and deliver significant financial results in…