Strategic Asset Review

Our approach and services offered

Property plays a significant role in providing services and facilities in the public sector and it is important that a property portfolio is pro-actively managed to ensure that it performs to the best of its ability. We can offer a comprehensive review of a property portfolio in order to provide advice on how to utilise the resources efficiently and enhance the available assets with the overall aim of course being to achieve the best value possible. 

How can we help

We have a wealth of experience in offering clients strategic asset reviews.  Depending on the specific case, it is often possible to lower a portfolio’s holding costs and at the same time increase its income production. It is important to identify the properties that contain the highest levels of liability and attempt to transfer the risk away thus making the assets much more attractive.  It may also be possible to release capital from resources that are surplus or underutilised within a portfolio. Similarly, it is important to be able to identify assets that must be retained and where possible enhanced through effective asset management. In essence, a review of the property assets will allow us to assess the current and future economic efficiency of the portfolio. It often highlights great opportunities that when carried out effectively can have an extremely positive effect on the bottom line.

We provide a strategy that allows for fully informed decisions to be made, based on having a clear and full picture of the opportunities available. We have experience of working for public sector clients and are aware of their needs and objectives.

Our Public Sector Experience

Our Corporate Real Estate Department has acted for the following public sector clients:

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

Royal Mail

Leeds City Council

British Rail Board (Residuary)

We are retained on contracts from these clients to provide all the necessary property services that arise on a day to day basis. This means that as well as providing the initial strategic advice, we can then act upon it by providing the necessary agency, landlord & tenant and valuation services as required.