Putting corporate real estate executives in the driver’s seat: Information technology tools enable new possibilities

Tools for real estate planning, acquisition, disposition and portfolio management have improved dramatically over the past several years, creating new potential for corporate real estate executives to deliver workplace solutions in a more timely, cost‐effective manner throughout the occupancy life cycle. As large ‘customers’ in the real estate industry, corporate real estate (CRE) executives can impact the development and application of the next generation of information tools. In addition, widely expanded access to market information puts them in a more powerful position relative to other industry players. These factors uniquely position CRE executives to take advantage of new possibilities.