Journal of Corporate Real Estate: Volume 2 Issue 4

Evaluating investment projects: The hurdle rate

Hsaio‐Yun Chen, Charles Ward

A previous paper in this journal discussed how to estimate the appropriate rate that should be used to evaluate investment projects. In this paper, the same theme is extended to…

Influences on Australian organisations’ new space demands

David Higgins, Jacob Oluwoye, Dennis Lenard

New business opportunities and challenges are changing the structure of office, industrial and retail organisations and altering the pattern and demand for space. These agents of…

Environmental and brownfield liability: Relative influence on corporate expansion and relocation

Heidi Gorovitz Robertson, Alan K. Reichert

Many States in America have enacted laws to encourage redevelopment of contaminated urban properties. The laws attempt to do this by addressing one barrier to redevelopment, the…

Off balance sheet property ownership structures: Releasing capital from operational portfolios through divestment

Simon Wainwright

For many corporate occupiers, commercial property constitutes one of their largest operational assets. With a desire to improve shareholder value and efficiency and to refocus on…

News of real estate’s death is greatly exaggerated: Real estate in the New Economy

Thomas C. Kirschbraun

The Internet and e‐commerce continue to change profoundly the manner in which everyone conducts business. These fundamental changes impact not only the traditional supply chain…

Outsourcing corporate real estate asset management in New Zealand

John McDonagh, Timothy Hayward

The outsourcing of non‐core business activities has recently mushroomed throughout the worldas organisations seek reduced cost and strategic business advantage in an increasingly…