Twister of Fate
In early 1999 and 2000, community leaders in the small town of Parsons, Kan., population 12,000, were busy outlining an economic development revitalization...
FAREWELL CHEAP DEBT
At the halfway mark of 2007, leveraged investors are saying goodbye to the lowest commercial mortgage rates in 40 years and are coming to grips with increased capital costs....
Express Delivery in Outsourcing
For at least 20 years, U.S. firms have outsourced real estate functions — from space planning to landscaping — as a way to concentrate on their core business. But now, many top firms are taking outsourcing further, using service partners to help them grow, and locate or manage new workplace facilities....
Direct Line to the C-Suite
Shortly after Mark White became the chief financial officer of SAP Americas Inc. in 2002, LuAnn McHugh, the software company's vice president of real estate and facilities, approached her new boss with a restructuring plan that she envisioned would erase some inefficiencies in the corporate real estate portfolio....
McKesson's M&A Playbook Pushes the Ball Forward
McKesson's new weapon is commonly referred to as the M&A playbook. It's essentially a roadmap that covers everything under the real estate umbrella of an M&A deal...
Wake-Up Call for Service Providers
When Procter & Gamble attempted to outsource all of its support functions to a single provider, few companies were up to the task. One seemed to fit the...
Live from MBA/CREF 2004: Don’t Begrudge India for Its Job Gains, Says Economist
ORLANDO -- With job creation in the U.S. still rather anemic, should America fret about service jobs being exported to India? The answer is no, says Tony...
Corporate Users and Developers Embrace Secondary Markets
The mantra in Corporate America today is expense control, and employers increasingly are turning to less costly labor markets to accommodate their needs....
Multinational Corporations Zero In on Cost-Efficiency
International service providers who have global real estate responsibilities for a growing number of multinational corporations are driving a major shift...
IBM, Accenture to Move Jobs Offshore
IBM is planning to move roughly 4,730 programmers to India, China and other offshore locations. The company has notified its managers of the plan, which...
