You now have the goals and framework of your program, along with several initial forecasts of what you could deliver within that program. Now, you have to start making commitments to what you can deliver. This leads into what I consider the most important part of building a program: creating the business case. It is…
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Creating a Real Estate Program [Part 2] – Forecasting your opportunities (crystal ball not included)
Let’s talk about the building blocks of a real estate program: the potential projects. Across my experience, the best programs start by assuming every single site, lease, workplace, or real estate service could be a possible project. Every single location should go into the analysis bucket to be evaluated for what may be possible. Yes,…
Creating a Real Estate Program [Part 1] – Setting (realistic) goals for your program
The first step in any business program is identifying the rationale, goals, and time horizon you are working with. These will form the basis of all your decisions and reviews that come after this point. If you do not have a solid basis for why the program should exist, what it is meant to do,…
Creating a Real Estate Program [Intro]: A series of posts on what it takes to do it right.
Welcome friends and strangers to the first of seven posts on Creating a Real Estate Program. Over the past few months of conversations, I have heard a common refrain from real estate consultants, corporates, service providers, and technology companies: real estate occupiers have data, they know generally what needs to be done, they may even…