Occupier Strategy

As the second-highest ranked cost to an organisation after employee-related costs, we recognise the importance of maximising the potential of the built environment to increase shareholder value. sineQN’s occupier strategy service is focused on helping our clients align their property strategy with their corporate strategy.

Behind most of our clients’ property related decisions is the need to plan for imminent lease expiries, future expansion, consolidation, cost reduction and integration.

Getting the solution right

We have an excellent understanding of how financial, corporate and legal occupiers function and we are committed to resolving fit-for-purpose solutions to their property related challenges. We work with members of the design team to integrate our clients’ needs within the design of their space.

During the strategy stages of a project – when the business case is being prepared – we assist our clients by providing the following services:

• Initial strategic briefing – determining the key design and business drivers
• Building appraisal and selection – RIBA stage A (leading up to Heads of Terms and Agreement to Lease negotiations) – testing and evaluating potential schemes against the organisation’s brief requirements from a spatial, business, operational and technical perspective
• Formulating the strategic design brief – liaising with business groups and support functions to define their spatial and technical requirements
• Integrated portfolio and workplace strategies – to maximise a client’s real estate portfolio, e.g. establishing workplace standards to under-pin consolidation and rationalisation. Includes establishing key data and developing metrics to set targets and measure achievements against corporate objectives