Guest editorial: Integrated corporate real estate and facilities management strategies
Theo van der Voordt (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
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Abstract
Seven years ago I wrote a paper about the growing connections between Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM) and Facilities Management (FM) (Van der Voordt, 2017). Last year I coauthored the third edition of a Dutch book on Accommodating People, in which we share insights from practice and research about the main components of CREM/FM strategies and how to implement these strategies in briefing processes, business cases, new building projects and management of buildings-in use (Hoendervanger et al., 2022). In this book, connecting CREM and FM with other disciplines like human resource management, information technology and finance and control is a key concept as well. Due to a growing attention to balancing business needs, end-user needs and societal needs, incorporating the required expertise from different disciplines such as environmental psychology, ergonomics, sustainability, circular building and so on is also highly relevant. [...]