Real Estate Strategy

"How can my workplace strategy support and promote the overarching business objectives?"

We help you align your corporate real estate strategy to business vision, including defining strategic intent, drivers and enablers. We'll then work with your corporate real estate (CRE) teams to develop strategy execution plans, including establishment of initiatives and targets, developing key performance indicators, supporting strategy communication and stakeholder alignment.

Our expertise in CRE strategy and execution, encompassing real estate acquisition, design, construction, disposal, and the development of CRE project management models, can help you achieve cost efficiency, enhanced customer experience, and a direct impact on return on tangible equity.

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Case Study: Workplace Strategy & Execution

This financial sector client had a clear vision associated with its focus on clients, sustainably higher return on tangible equity, and its desire to attract and retain talent. An under-utilised and aging workplace portfolio presented an opportunity.

The monetisation of vacant space could not only deliver sustained cost reductions, but also through partial reinvestment enable improved employee sentiment and provide an enhanced customer experience. The initiative was to develop the workplace strategy and subsequent execution planning.

The Brief & Stakeholders

Develop a workplace strategy aligned with the strategic business vision. Define strategic intent, drivers and enablers. Establish execution plan, in the form of a transformational portfolio of activity.

Project Challenges

Enabling regional / market nuances through controlled local application of intent.

Stakeholder alignment by ensuring the strategy was relevant to C-suite. The planning and monitoring needed to be able to cope with a dynamic environment and changing requirements.

Key Outcomes

Cost efficiency though an optimised real estate portfolio, having direct impact on return on tangible equity, improved employee sentiment and an enhanced customer experience.

Value Add

The establishment of of a value creation framework to ensure investments were aligned to vision and the benefits from change programmes were realised.

Find out more about our Real Estate Strategy services:

CODE Team > Chris Harris

Chris leads CODE’s Real Estate Strategy services, bringing over 30 years of international experience across Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

He specialises in aligning CRE strategies with wider business objectives, translating strategic ambitions into practical, effective solutions.

With expertise spanning the full real estate lifecycle, Chris helps organisations to navigate complexity and deliver meaningful change.

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