Journal of Corporate Real Estate: Volume 6 Issue 1

Understanding the underwriting criteria for the net lease investor

Barclay G. Jones

Corporations are attracted to leasing transactions with real property in order to secure occupancy of a property for a specified time frame without having to purchase. Investors…

The state of sale‐leasebacks: What corporations can and should expect today

A. Brant Bryan

Aimed at senior corporate real estate decision makers and members of the corporate finance teams responsible for real estate portfolio strategy, this paper helps these…

Taking it to the next level: Corporate real estate becomes a business process

Deborah S. Kops

The corporate real estate provider community is freely using the term business process outsourcing, or ‘BPO’ to differentiate its value propositions. Yet most buyers and sellers…

Cost‐reduction location strategies

Roel Spee, Wim Douw

Increasing competition in the market causes continued pressures for many companies to control or reduce costs. This has led to various responses by companies to seek more…

The case for simple comparison: A simple performance scorecard for effectiveness and efficiency

Edward C. Lubieniecki, Nina J. Desrocher

Corporate real estate (CRE) service delivery is experiencing a paradigm shift. A short period ago, the focus was on speed to delivery ‐ how quickly the CRE department could…

Results using the balanced scorecard in the public sector

Chris Wilson, David Hagarty, Julie Gauthier

Annual reports and operational data are key performance indicators for any business. However, performance measurement is critical in today’s real property domain and should become…

An overview of The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002

Stephen Mixter, Michael Owendoff

The intent of this paper is to provide an overview of the principal provisions of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (the ‘Act’),1 which became law in the USA on 26th…

Flexibility at any price? Challenging a costly convention on leases

Charles Woollam

Some companies see property as a strategic resource that can add value to corporate performance;others view it as a commodity that more often acts as a barrier to core business…

Corporate real estate and Sarbanes‐Oxley: Web‐based tools for ensuring compliance and improving financial management

Matthew Meyer

This paper discusses the new SEC reporting requirements passed under the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act in 2002 and its impact on real estate and corporate facilities management data. It will…