Corporate Real Estate Management: Managing real estate portfolios profitably
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Contents
Value levers of corporate real estate management (CREM)
- Value levers; interfaces: to asset/property management, to core business, to service providers.
Strategic aspects of CREM
- Strategic alignment of real estate management, position of CREM in the company, development of a target system.
- Develop basic strategies for real estate provision/management.
Optimize organization and processes in CREM, outsourcing
- Anchoring CREM organizationally, design options.
- Forms of responsibility for success, internal/external task fulfillment.
- Outsourcing of real estate companies/departments.
Exploiting value creation potential in inventories, inventory and profitability analyses
- Portfolio analysis, clustering of holdings in terms of portfolio management based on CREM objectives.
- Real estate valuation according to (inter)national procedures, interaction with portfolio management.
- Profitability analyses, information/data management.
- Real estate cost accounting/controlling.
Develop key performance indicators for real estate portfolios
- Real estate in the annual financial statements, achieving balance sheet ratios, management ratios, benchmarking.
Tendering and outsourcing, billing/contracting models
- Outsourcing solutions, tendering and awarding: including defining services, one-off/regular services, optional services.
- Develop operator concepts.
- Contract preparation.
Organize cooperation with service providers
- including service provider controlling, dealing with service disruptions, defect tracking.
- Documentation requirements.
Real estate sales, further development, new project development: further exploiting potential
- including further development of existing properties, new project development, purchase, leasing or rental in comparison.
- Exit strategies for properties no longer required for operations.
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
You will gain a broad insight into the topic and learn important practical basics. You will understand how ...
- The aim is to make targeted use of the potential for increasing the value of the company's own real estate holdings and to make the real estate portfolio future-proof and adaptable for the company,
- the real estate portfolio can be optimized in terms of cash flow and return,
- the long-term capital tied up in real estate assets is used optimally, inefficiencies and unused real estate portfolios are reduced, and
- risks are recognized and avoided at an early stage.
Methods
Topics are designed according to the focus requested by the attendees : Trainer input, case studies and best practice examples, case studies from the participants, practical tips, discussion, exchange of experience.
Recommended for
For attendees who would like to acquire the basics or a well-founded overview of the topic of CREM: Managers/specialists from non-property companies or corporates, e.g. from industry/service sector (companies whose core business does not have a real estate-specific focus); managers/specialists from public companies, cities, municipalities, churches, etc. that manage real estate portfolios, employees from facility management companies who want to better understand their customers .
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Start dates and details
Wednesday, 11.03.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 12.03.2026
09:00 am - 4:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
FAQs: Frequently asked questions about training real estate management training
CREM refers to the strategic management of commercial real estate portfolios, i.e., real estate that is not the main purpose of the company. The aim is to view real estate as a strategic resource, identify potential for value appreciation, and thereby increase the company's profitability, reduce inefficiencies, and make the real estate portfolio fit for the future.
During training , you training methods for inventory and profitability analysis, real estate cost accounting, and controlling. This will enable you to identify hidden costs, recognize inefficient real estate use, and derive measures that lead to sustainable cost optimization. These tools will make it easier for you to plan and control real estate costs in an informed manner.
You will gain practical knowledge on: strategic alignment of CREM, portfolio and inventory analysis, economic valuation of real estate, controlling metrics, outsourcing strategies, and process optimization. This will help you make decisions such as selecting service providers, valuing real estate, or strategically aligning your portfolio.
The training strategies for the targeted sale of real estate that is not necessary for business operations, as well as options for further development or new project development. You will learn to weigh up the risks and opportunities of various courses of action and to base decision-making processes on key figures.
In companies whose core business is not real estate, real estate often ties up capital for long periods of time. Strategic management helps to use this capital more efficiently, reduce risks, and exploit potential returns, thereby contributing to the company's overall strategy.
You will learn how to identify and systematically leverage value drivers, for example through portfolio analyses, benchmarking metrics, international valuation methods, and strategic decisions such as new project development or portfolio restructuring. These approaches make value enhancement processes measurable and controllable.
Typical challenges include integrating real estate goals into corporate strategy, managing complex portfolios, and working with service providers. In training , you training practical case studies, learn best practice approaches, and acquire tools for process optimization and professional management.
Even if your focus is on facility management, the training will help you to better understand your customers' perspective. You will learn to understand strategic decisions at the company and portfolio level, enabling you to better align service processes or identify potential for improvement.
The training your strategic and operational understanding of real estate management, give you confidence in making real estate-related decisions, and enable you to act as a competent interface between real estate and specialist departments. This will strengthen your position decision maker the company.
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