One of the long-standing issues in the field of corporate real estate management is the alignment of an organisation’s real estate to its corporate strategy. Despite extensive research, existing approaches have not had much uptake in practice and fall short in a number of aspects (H...

Societal developments are timeless and occur at an ever increasing pace that affects demand for Corporate Real Estate (CRE). Real estate flexibility, as part of a CRE strategy, enables the ability to anticipate on those uncertain societal developments. Many studies refer to real estate...

There is a gap between investment and maintenance of public school buildings in the Netherlands. This gap is caused by separated responsibility for the financing of the accommodation for the primary and secondary schools. Municipalities finance the construction of these schools and school boards...

More and more municipalities have opted to establish a more centralized real estate management. This means that in these municipalities there is one real estate management organization. Since 1995 the number of municipalities that have centralized has increased from 18 (K et al 1995) to 34...

The location choice of office firms is assumed to be primarily driven by the opportunities for face-to-face contacts; a concept strongly linked with agglomeration economies. However, it is recognised that other factors, such as prestige and image might also explain why firms prefer certain...

Financial and real estate crises and íthe new way of workingî reduce the need for office space, and office markets become replacement markets without a quantitative need for new office buildings: New buildings drive out bad buildings. In the Netherlands, currently 13% of the office space is...

In all markets quality and revenues are considered to be connected. In the field of real estate, the íqualityî of the location is considered a particularly influential factor for the realised rent level and asset price. The office space user preferences concerning location characteristics,...

Ever since the Second World War, office markets world-wide could be characterised as growth markets. Since 2000 though, financial and real estate crises and íthe new way of workingî are reducing the need for office space, and office markets become replacement markets without a quantitative...

The spatial clustering of interconnected firms is a frequently observed phenomenon; this is also the case in Amsterdam. Clusters are believed to contribute to the economic growth of a region. The increased economic growth, results from improved enterprise competitiveness related with positive...

The macroeconomic environment is important for businesses and their competitiveness. The 2007 credit crunch has dominated Western economies for over seven years. In which, corporations have been confronted with dropping demand and profits. Their most common response is to cut back on spending to...