Is corporate real estate at a crossroads?

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the way that corporate real estate (CRE) has developed in the UK since the early 1990s.

Design/methodology/approach

Review of how various professional bodies, occupiers and landlords have responded to the changing business and workplace environment.

Findings

CRE managers and the professional bodies that represent them are at a crossroads. Whilst the business world has evolved since 1990, the CRE sector has not and faces the prospect becoming purely a technical rather than a strategic subject.

Originality/value

A review of what has happened and not new research.

Citation

Harris, R. and Cooke, H. (2014), "Is corporate real estate at a crossroads?", Journal of Corporate Real Estate, Vol. 16 No. 4, pp. 275-289. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-06-2014-0018