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Human capital overrides cost in driving corporate real estate strategy, according to CBRE

4 April, 2019
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Around two-thirds of occupiers rank employee engagement (68%) and talent attraction & development (65%) as being two of the three most important drivers of corporate real estate (CRE) strategy, even ahead of cost-reduction. This is according to the 2019 EMEA Occupier Survey published today by global real estate advisor CBRE.

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The report demonstrates that people are becoming more important than ever as drivers of real estate decisions. In last year’s survey cost-reduction was the single most important driver of CRE strategy and employee engagement was fourth but this year, cost reduction has dropped to fourth, employee engagement is second and talent attraction & development is third. In this context, optimising human capital is becoming the overriding aim of occupiers’ property decisions.

Over a third of companies see labour and skills shortages as a key strategic challenge, double last year’s result. In line with last year’s survey, technology disruption (36%) economic uncertainty (43%) and cost escalation (31%) all feature highly as key challenges for occupiers.
The survey identifies four major levers through which companies are seeking to use real estate as a way of influencing and enhancing their appeal to skilled labour, these include:

 

Procurement and fit-out strategy

While traditional procurement and fit-out approaches are still favoured when taking large leases in a new building, the survey found that occupiers are increasingly influenced by internal building characteristics. Nearly 60% of occupiers would be willing to pay a premium of at least 10% over typical prime rents for a curated high amenity offer under a service agreement, compared with 46% who would pay a similar premium for a fully-tech enabled smart building.

User Experience strategy

Formal User Experience (UX) programmes aimed at curating the full range of workforce needs across workplace, amenity and service are still not being widely used. Only around a third of companies have a formal UX programme, or plan to introduce one. However, a third of companies have plans to hire a UX lead and two-thirds would be willing to pay a premium for a building in which the landlord had provided an enhanced UX offer.

Flexible space strategy

Corporate appetite for flexible space continues to grow, with the proportion of companies expecting to make significant use of flexible space over the next three years twenty percent higher than those who currently do so. The use of flexible space as a means of attracting and retaining talent is up ten percent from last year. While a rising number of companies are also using flexible space as part of a wider attempt to experiment with different workplace and occupancy models.

Technology strategy

Technology disruption, particularly AI and machine learning is becoming a key driver of technology strategy. 70% of companies intend to raise their level of real estate technology investment in the next few years towards a more people-focussed direction. The methods of acquiring the skills needed to deliver these aims, such as data scientists, are becoming more sophisticated with corporates pursuing a variety of approaches, including outsourcing to specialists.

 

About CBRE
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2021 revenue). The company has more than 105,000 employees (excluding Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services.

In Belgium, 500 employees operate from our offices in Brussels, Antwerp and Diegem.
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