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1 May 2012
CoreNet Global Unveils Corporate Real Estate 2020 Transformational Research Revelations The year-long Corporate Real Estate 2020 project brings together hundreds of CRE global thought leaders to analyze and parse the industry’s current and future state, and includes interviews with more than 150 CRE executives, service providers and economic developers. The research results will be revealed at this week's San Diego Summit, followed shortly by a full written report.

1 May 2012
CoreNet Global Board of Directors Focuses on REIMAGINED Organization and Evolution of Corporate Real Estate The Travelers Companies Jim Scannell Takes Helm as Board Chair

30 Apr 2012
CoreNet Global Announces 2012 Award Winners CoreNet Global announced today that Sprint/CBRE and Microsoft (tie), Space Florida and OVG Real Estate were the winners of three annual awards presented during the Opening Session of the CoreNet Global Summit at the San Diego Convention Center.

25 Apr 2012
Happy10th Anniversary, CoreNet Global! Our members wish CoreNet Global a happy anniversary from around the world!

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Member, "W.C.", via @CNGLibrarian, March 28

Looking for stats for women in CRE such as % women of total professionals, % Executive (Dir of higher).

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian (@CNGLibrarian)

What I'm finding is about 36% of CRE positions are held by women as of 2006 (as opposed to 51% in business in general). This is for the US. From CREW (commercial, not corporate): 9% of females reported holding a C-Suite position as opposed to 22% of males, from a 2011 survey.

--Member, "J.C.", via email, April 24, 2012

Anything on landfill diversion amongst member firms?

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian (@CNGLibrarian)

We have some information on brownfield sites that may help you, though we don’t have benchmarking data per se:

Social and Economic Impact of Brownfield Land Regeneration

Grave to Cradle: Bringing Blighted Real Estate (and Communities) Back to Life
(Case studies on landfill site redevelopment)

Fairlane Green
(Case study for a finalist of our Global Innovator’s award)

--Member, "K.H.", via "Ask the Librarian" feature

I'm looking for articles or case studies that show how law firms are looking at their real estate today and what they're basing their decisions on.

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian (@CNGLibrarian)

The Future Legal Workplace: The Jury is Out
(from London 2010 Summit)

Here is a recent Atlanta Business Chronicle article on the subject, “Law firms have changed the way they use office space:”
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/real_talk/2012/04/law-firms-have-changed-the-way-they.html

From Cassidy Turley, “The Evolution of Law Firm Office Space”

From Knoll, “The Emerging Law Firm Practice” White Paper

--Member, "M.G.", via phone

How do companies apply sustainability research in terms of smart-building practices, carbon-reduction, etc.?

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian (@CNGLibrarian)

Energy-Smart Buildings: Demonstrating how information technology can cut energy use and costs of real estate portfolios
And here is a write-up in the Leader on that white paper.

Here’s another Leader article, on IAG's Green House in NZ.

Here is a recent Award Submittal by HP on itsCO2 reduction strategy (scroll through the first couple of pages of text for the goods).

And another Award Submittal by Steelcase on the same idea (again, scroll through for a pretty good white paper).

Finally, this is a little different, it’s a Singapore Summit presentation with results from a sustainability survey of big corporations, basically on how mature their organizational sustainability plans are.

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Member, "K.H.", via "Ask the Librarian" feature, March 2

I'm looking for employee ranking of likes/dislikes in the work environment.

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian

Check out our new Productivity Survey for answers (particularly pages 32 and 41): Productivity Metrics Survey Results .

--Member, "S.D.", via phone, March 1

Do you have resources on CRE organizations transitioning to an outsource model?

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian

Developing And Implementing A Successful Supplier Partnership At Merck

Global Trends and Activity in the Real Estate and Facilities Management Outsourcing Market

Outsourcing in a Strategic Future: A Study of Eight Top-Performing CRE Organizations

The Changing Role of Corporate Governance and Outsourcing

Link to all of our Service Delivery resources

--Member, "B.S.", via "Ask the Librarian" feature, February 20

I'm looking for metrics on how business units at a particular company use real estate. More specifically, how to measure the correlation between revenue generation of a particular business unit versus space used.

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian

This paper from Regus has some good information about ROI of space used:
Regus Vwork: Measuring the benefits of agility at work

Here's another good one from Knoll, which may be a little more focused on workplace benefits to workers:
The Metrics of Distributed Work

--Member, "J.K.", via phone

Do you have information on examples of organizational structures in various CRE departments?

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian

Here's a good one:
Jones Lang LaSalle advance: Better by design: Reshaping the CRE function for greater impact

And a few more:
The Influence of Corporate Strategy on Real Estate Organizational Structure

Share Space: Red Hat's Solution for a "Glocal" Workforce

The Relevance of Corporate Real Estate to Enterprise Success

CRES - Creating the Right Environment for Success (strategic support at local level at Standard Chartered Bank)

Microsoft's Scalable Toolkit for Optimizing Space and Enabling Change Globally

--Member, "B.S.", via email

I’m looking for anything on effective Client Relationship Management (CRM) communication.

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian

Customer Relationship Management: Using Dialogs that Matter

Breakthrough Client Relationship Management for Corporate Real Estate Teams - Jones Lang LaSalle

Customer Relationship Management - It's More than Just the Relationship

--Member, "R.T.", via email

What information do you have on space utilization?

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian

Are the Myths of Space Utilization Costing You More Than You Know? - Jones Lang LaSalle

Alternative Workplace Strategies: Advanced Technology and Cultural Change Make It Easier to Optimize Office Space and Cut Costs (From our publication, The Leader, this article discusses the traditional rules of thumb for square foot per office worker, but also makes a good argument for how AWS is challenging that assumption.)

Space Utilization Measurement - Herman Miller / Hewlett Packard

Making the Right Decisions: Capturing Actual- Versus- Planned Space Utilization

--Member, "E.D.", via email

Does CoreNet Global have any studies or reports on how real estate operations prioritize projects?

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian

Snap Session 9C from the Atlanta Summit: Risk Management and Mitigation Strategies in Project Management

Integrated Project Delivery: Get on Board or Get Left Behind

Integrated Strategic Planning for Workplace

--Member, "C.V.", via Request Assistance Form

Do you have recent papers on selection of security service providers and examples of RFPs used?

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian

Here is a sample RFP we have. While it doesn't focus on security only, you could possibly adapt it for your needs.

This is a white paper CoreNet Global produced about RFP best practices, as a result of an end-user/service provider survey. I hope it helps.

Global Trends and Activity in the Real Estate and Facilities Management Outsourcing Market

--Member, "S.P.", via email

I am going into a strategy meeting on Friday and was wondering if we have documented the top 10 trends to pay attention to as we move into 2015 and beyond.

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian

I wonder if this white paper we put together might help you? How Business Is Changing: A Framework for the Year 2020 - This is an analysis of the global forces that are changing corporate real estate as we look toward 2020. I believe you should find lots of trends to discuss in your meeting.

--Member, "F.V.", via phone

I have been given project to research the role and influence of the leading global FM companies. We have noticed a marked increase in our major / global accounts increased dependence on these organisations and so clearly we need to be better informed on their roles and capabilities.

What I'm ideally looking for is any non-confidential research on the size of this market sector, areas of operation / influence, etc.

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian

We received your request and have done a quick search of our library to find some resources that may help you.

Developing And Implementing A Successful Supplier Partnership At Merck
(This presentation from a recent Summit gives an overview/history of FM outsourcing in general with some pertinent statistics from the recent past. It also gives an analysis on where things are headed, from the perspective of Merck as they developed an outsourcing strategy.)

Similarly, here is a presentation from C&W on outsourcing/governance:
The Changing Role of Corporate Governance and Outsourcing

Outsourcing in a Strategic Future: A Study of Eight Top-Performing CRE Organizations

--Member, "S.P.", via email

I am going into a strategy meeting on Friday and was wondering if we have documented the top 10 trends to pay attention to as we move into 2015 and beyond.

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian

I wonder if this white paper we put together might help you? How Business Is Changing: A Framework for the Year 2020 - This is an analysis of the global forces that are changing corporate real estate as we look toward 2020. I believe you should find lots of trends to discuss in your meeting.

--Member, "F.V.", via phone

I have been given project to research the role and influence of the leading global FM companies. We have noticed a marked increase in our major / global accounts increased dependence on these organisations and so clearly we need to be better informed on their roles and capabilities.

What I'm ideally looking for is any non-confidential research on the size of this market sector, areas of operation / influence, etc.

--Anna Johnson, Knowledge Center Librarian

We received your request and have done a quick search of our library to find some resources that may help you.

Developing And Implementing A Successful Supplier Partnership At Merck
(This presentation from a recent Summit gives an overview/history of FM outsourcing in general with some pertinent statistics from the recent past. It also gives an analysis on where things are headed, from the perspective of Merck as they developed an outsourcing strategy.)

Similarly, here is a presentation from C&W on outsourcing/governance:
The Changing Role of Corporate Governance and Outsourcing

Outsourcing in a Strategic Future: A Study of Eight Top-Performing CRE Organizations

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