Corporate Real Estate Strategy

  • General info (Source: Osiris)
  • Quartile: 3
    Time Slot: D
    Course Type: Specialization Elective
    Code: 7U772
    Responsible Lecturer: dr.ir. H.A.J.A. Appel-Meulenbroek
    ECTS: 5
    Exams: Yes
    Required courses:

    None

    Course description:

    Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM) is a professional discipline that focuses on providing maximum added value to the organization, through an optimal alignment of the user’s properties with corporate strategy and goals. In this course, all possible strategies are discussed and how to implement them in the CRE portfolio. Also strategic management tools for CRE managers are discussed.
    After an introduction to CRE(M), this course provides insight in the theories developed for CREM and the different strategies for reaching alignment. Each way of adding value with CRE is discussed in a lecture, by using a recent scientific publication on the matter. Also, the so-called new ways of working will be studied by looking at behavior of knowledge workers. Lectures will also present different strategic management tools for CRE managers.



  • Other courses recommended by students
  • Useful preliminary courses:
    • Housing Portfolio Management
    • Managing Place & Property
    Useful follow-up courses:
    • Managing Place & Property


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  • Additional information
  • Applied skills / methods:
    • CREM analysis and CREM scoring
    • Write an advisory report
    • CREM analysis, KPI’s, creating a strategy and interventions
    • CRE
    Project course: Yes
    Chosen topics:

    Topic could not be chosen. Topic of this year was:

    • Interpret the corporate real estate of UWV and advice them on what aspects have to be improved in order to align their RE with their business goals.
    • Had to analyse a part of the portfolio of the UWV on the different real estate strategies
    • A small part of the portfolio of UWV was provided and by looking at real estate strategies, an advice had to be made
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  • Metadata
  • Data source: Own survey
    Applied method: Questionnaire
    Response rate: 21%
    Sample size: 7
    Academic year: 2021


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