Our integrated capability of Strategic Consulting, Facilities Management, Project Management and Asset Management combined with our space design and architectural teams allow us to put in place strategies for optimizing your portfolio. This ensures not only the creation of the ideal workspace to support the business objectives, but also ensures you get the best from your real estate assets.

The continuing work of portfolio optimization will be part of the day-to-day activities centered around achieving your overall strategic objectives and aligning your real estate infrastructure to support the business plans of your organization. Areas of focus will include:

• - Establishing and driving towards space per head standards
• - Establishing and driving towards cost per work station standards
• - Establishing ideal lease lengths against various operating units and matching these in the market
• - Establishing core, hold and dispose strategies for each property
• - Providing pre-merger due diligence and strategy and post-merger implementation to allow for quick and efficient
• - Consolidation of business units and efficient disposal of surplus space
• - Establishing an understanding of various business units to determine where consolidation opportunities may arise
• - Establishing financing requirements and creating strategy / implementing
• - Identifying under-utilized assets and creating exit or re-utilization strategies

Sustainability Advice
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) covers a spectrum from business ethics, governance and accountability, to human rights, the environment and community investment. It also takes into account the way employers treat their workforce and the fundamental principles of the business - its mission and vision.

The traditional real estate model for acquiring space has generally been dominated by economic and market factors - not environmental ones. But there are clear strategic implications and significant business benefits that accrue to a business when it takes the environment into account. In addition, we recognize that the revision of various codes on corporate governance will result in a considerable increase in the transparency of listed companies governance arrangements.

We leads the real estate services industry in researching and adopting CSR and sustainability policies in its processes and practice, having developed such polices with DuPont and BP, among other market leaders. We extend our learning experience and knowledge to our clients throughout our client endeavors.

In 2004, we were recognized at a ceremony in New York City for our efforts in promoting, endorsing and using renewable energy sources throughout New York State. Our work with MCEnergy enabled our clients, including the Ford Foundation, MetLife and Walton Street Capital, to make use of clean, renewable energy sources.