Managing religious heritage: Designing an accommodation strategy for Dutch churches

Secularisation is leading to an increasing amount of obsolete churches in the Netherlands. There is a need for decision making on which churches to preserve and how to deal with the preserved churches. Adaptively reusing these buildings can safeguard them from demolition. Adaptively reusing churches is a matter of making concessions. Every...

Internet of Things (IoT) in Real Estate: Designing guideline for employee-oriented Internet of Things (IoT) implementation in office real estate

The purpose of this research is to extend knowledge on adding value to office employees (end users) due to smart technology implementation. The focus of this research document is given to end users since the problem statement emphasises a need of a strategic change in CREM’s activities related to smart technology implementation. The problem...

Disposal strategies in corporate real estate portfolios: Evidence from the Dutch banking sector

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop an operational framework with guidelines and lessons to improve the current real estate portfolio disposal procedures of freeholds, based on empirical evidence from the banking sector. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical research is based on a comparative analysis of four case studies,...

Designing an expert tool for supporting (re)location decision making in large multinational companies

Deciding on where to locate the company’s assets is one of the main issues of the corporate real estate management field. It should support aligning the organization’s real estate strategy to its organizational objectives. Understanding which information is needed by the decision-makers is crucial to make a proper judgement. However, the...

The organisational structures of the CRE department: A research into five multinational firms

Although many studies have been performed into the practical aspects of Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM), other aspects are less addressed. Therefore, this research aims to contribute to the field of knowledge concerning the configuration of the CRE department and to the decision-making processes of firms regarding this configuration, by...

Risk mitigation in location decision-making

The question of where to locate your business is at the core of the field of corporate real estate management. This thesis provides a framework for answering this question in an uncertain world. Building on the Preference-based Accommodation Strategy design approach developed by Arkesteijn et al., risk management and mitigation is incorporated...

Corporate Real Estate Alignment in Practice: A study on how corporate real estate is aligned by multinational corporations in different industries in practice and its relation to theory

Value Adding Management (VAM) of buildings and facility services in four steps

This paper presents a new Value Adding Management (VAM) model that aims to support decision makers in identifying appropriate interventions in buildings, other facilities and services that add value to the organisation, to manage its implementation, and to measure the output and outcomes. The paper builds on value adding management theories and...

The Delft legacy of Adding Value by CREM

This book chapter presents an overview of many publications on adding value through corporate and public real estate, in chronological order. It discusses the concepts of added value and adding value, various value parameters, the relationships between input-throughput-output-outcome, and how to manage adding value by CREM in four steps. A such...

A step-by-step plan to manage and measure adding value by FM/CREM

This conference paper presents a new Value Adding Management model that aims to support decision makers in identifying appropriate interventions to add value to the organisation, to manage its implementation, and to measure the output and outcomes. The paper builds on value adding management theories and models including the triplet input...

Intergemeentelijk vastgoedmanagement: Samenwerking als ontwikkeling in de professionalisering van gemeentelijk vastgoedmanagement

Intergemeentelijk vastgoedmanagement is een proces waar gemeenten in moeten groeien qua vastgoedorganisatie. Het is zaak om eraan te beginnen op eigen niveau en niet te overhaasten, om zodoende voordelen te behalen op lange termijn.

Corporate real estate mirrors brand: a conceptual framework and practical applications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how international companies (can) use real estate as a means to reinforce corporate identity and to express brand values in order to evoke a positive image in today’s competitive world.<br/>Design/methodology/approach – The paper relies on a review of literature, seven case studies including...

Adding Value by FM and CREM in Dutch hospitals

Purpose: To explore if and how Dutch hospital managers steer on adding value by well-considered Facility Management (FM) and Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM), which values are leading, and how adding value is being translated into concrete interventions. Methodology: In addition to a review of literature, eighteen interviews have been...

Managing the workplace in a globalized world

In a world where globalization is ongoing, this research aims to provide insight into the role of intercultural differences in corporate real estate decision-making and the relationship with the workplace characteristics of multinationals. By combining literature studies with interviews with ten multinationals and case studies in Germany, Great...

The Concept of added value of FM

Purpose: This chapter presents research perspectives and theoretical reflections on the concept of added value of FM from a variety of academic fields.<br/>Methodology: A literature review of the most influential journals within the academic fields of Facilities Management (FM), Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM) and Business to Business...

Corporate Socially Responsible - Real Estate Management: Understanding how a corporate real estate object interacts with society

The possibility to introduce Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR), into the Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM) decision making process, provided the basis for this thesis. Both theoretic and field research distinguished the demand for empirical guidance on this subject rather than empirical justification. Subsequently a Corporate...

Inleiding Vastgoedmanagement

Dit collegedictaat behandelt de belangrijkste thema's in (Corporate) Real Estate Management. Na een inleidend hoofdstuk volgen nog elf hoofdstukken, waarvan vier hoofdstukken het domein van vastgoedmanagement en de uitgangspunten uit hoofdstuk 1 nader toelichten, en zeven hoofdstukken specifieke onderwerpen rond vastgoedmanagement aansnijden.<br...