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 Real Estate Strategy

Over time, institutions need to reevaluate their real estate assets, asking whether their facilities still match their requirements or resources. Alternatively, changing market conditions may create new opportunities for generating revenue or creating value via acquisition, disposition, or strategic partnerships. KBA assists clients to evaluate their facilities against programmatic, financial, and mission-based objectives. Based on this analysis, we then help clients to develop sustainable long-term plans that better support their goals.

Typically, KBA begins by assessing building condition, real estate value, and how effectively a client’s facilities are supporting its mission and program. KBA then builds upon this analysis to develop strategic recommendations for investment, disposition, acquisition, or repurposing that consider real estate in the context of the client’s wider organizational objectives. Employing this methodology, KBA has developed strategic real estate plans for a number of organizations of varying sizes—ultimately assisting them to reduce occupancy costs, monetize a real estate asset, rationalize their real estate portfolio, or plan for long-term growth.


Featured Projects
Brooklyn Public Library | Strategic Real Estate Plan
YMCA of Greater New York | Strategic Real Estate Plan
Washington University in St. Louis | Housing Plan
Columbia University Medical Center  | 2007 Space Planning Initiative
Princeton University | Real Estate Study