Portfolio Management is a discipline focused on the long-term view of a company’s real estate assets. The idea is to start with a holistic view of the company at a macro level to maximize the productivity of its space instead of looking at each lease or purchase separately based upon local demands. This seminar introduces established concepts and principles, processes followed by professionals in the field, and the challenges inherent in "future-proofing" a company’s real estate holdings. While the ideal may be difficult to reach, a more effective and efficient portfolio can be attained each time the process is implemented. This seminar is directly related to the content found in Chapter 3 of The Essential Guide to Corporate Real Estate, published by CoreNet Global.　

Effective facility management is vital to the success of any organization. At a corporate level, it contributes to the delivery of strategic and operational objectives. On a day-to-day level, it provides a safe and efficient working environment. This seminar describes the relationship between corporate real estate and facility management, drivers which encourage the outsourcing of facility management, and factors which are driving change. Facility management serves as a reliable entity that maintains a pleasant and productive place to work promoting employee engagement and a positive company brand. Current trends, such as cost control, workplace strategies, sustainability, and energy management benchmarking are addressed. This seminar relates directly to Chapter 8 of The Essential Guide to Corporate Real Estate, published by CoreNet Global. 

Do you want to enhance your appreciation of the importance of Sustainability in Corporate Real Estate? Did you know that sustainability enhances the performance of organizations and contributes to Corporate Social Responsibility? This seminar addresses the definition of sustainability, current trends, strategies for sustainable development, regulations and commitment, tools and certification, and frameworks and indicators for managing sustainability initiatives.

The property life cycle generally runs from acquisition of real property, through the length of its holding period and disposition at the end of its economic usefulness. This life cycle must be managed carefully to maximize portfolio value and minimize unnecessary costs. This seminar discusses the management of the property life cycle, external business and economic factors, costing, demand forecasting, acquisition of space and its final disposition. Discover how proper management aligns real resources with overall business strategy, allowing for the creation of better products and services, strengthening the organization’s bottom line.  This seminar relates directly to Chapter 4 of The Essential Guide to Corporate Real Estate, published by CoreNet Global. 

This course provides an introduction of the application of technology in a corporate real estate context. Every CRE technology decision ties to the organization’s mission and strategic priorities. This course introductions the importance of the relationship between people, process and technology in the organization, including organizational structure and reporting relationships, and the CRE group’s role in that structure.　

This seminar is directly related to the content found in Chapter 10 of The Essential Guide to Corporate Real Estate, published by CoreNet Global.

This course introduces corporate real estate finance principles such as risk, return, cost of capital, net present value, and discount rate selection. Learn the basics to perform financial analyses to identify the optimal decisions, identify inherent risk and recognize shortcomings. Designed for participants with little to no finance background, faculty will walk you through exercises using Excel.