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Relocation process:What services do tenants need?
Work in progress
Miikka Putto
Aalto University
Real Estate Business
Content
Background
Aim & methodology
Preliminary findings
Discussion
Further research
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Background
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Background: why study relocation?
Office occupiers’ relocation decisions have an impact on
• On all actors within the built environment and society at large
• On the relocating organization itself– Organisation– Individuals
Understanding where and how organizations relocate is important!
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What is relocation?
Optimal location- Neo-classical approach- Behavioral approach- Institutional approach
Process focused
- Organizations are comprised of people
- Decisions are made - and affected – by people
Relocation is “a change of address of a firm from location A to location B” (Pellenbarg et al. 2002)
-> Organisation’s address changed from A to B-> Office occupiers, short and medium distance
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Previous research, examples*1: Pellenbarg, P.H. & Wissen, L.J.G. van & Dijk, J. van, (2002). "Firm relocation: state of the art and research prospects,“ Research Report 02D31, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM. *2 Greenhalgh P. (2008) ‘An examination of business occupier decision making: distinguishing small and large firm behaviour’, Journal of Property Research, 25(2) 107-126
*3 Rasila, H.M., Nenonen,S. (2008) "Intra-firm decision-maker perceptions of relocation risks", Journal of Corporate Real Estate, Vol. 10 Iss: 4, pp.262 – 272
*4 Rothe, Peggie; Sarasoja, Anna-Liisa (2012) Power or activity? Roles of individuals in relocation processes. Joint CIB W070, W092 and TG72 International Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 23.-25.1.2012
Firm relocation: state of the art and research prospects *1
An examination of business occupier decision making: distinguishing small and large firm behaviour *2
Intra-firm decision-maker perceptions of relocation risks *3
Power or activity? Roles of individuals in relocation processes *4
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Risks
Relocation includes several risks
• financial risks
• functional risks
• corporate culture risks
• interest group risks
• future risks.
(Rasila & Nenonen 2008)
On the employee level:• increased absenteeism• substantial reductions in
productivity• low morale and a poor attitude
toward the company that may persist for months and years
• an increase in work errors• the loss of experienced,
hardworking people • even attempts to sabotage the
move.
(Attwood 1996)
Relocations in Finland
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The Finnish context: what do tenants think they need?
Tarvittavien tilojen määrän ja ominaisuuksien määrittelyssä
Työympäristön tarvittavien toiminnallisuuksien määrittelyssä
Tarjolla olevien tilavaihtoehtojen kartoittamisessa
Vaihtoehtojen arvottamisessa ja valinnassa
Sopimusjuridiikan ja sopimuskäytäntöjen ymmärtämisessä
Vuokrasopimusneuvotteluissa
Muuton käytännön asioiden järjestelyissä
Muutoksen läpiviennissä henkilöstön kanssa
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Service needs in relocations, Finland (n=136) (Prefe project 2009)
Käytämme Emme ole käyttäneet, mutta olisi tarvetta
Ei ole tarvetta En osaa sanoa
Change management
Taking care of practical arrangements
Lease agreement negotiation
Legal advice
Comparison & Selection of option
Searching potential premises
Determining work environment criteria
Space requirement analysis
Have used; Have not used but a need exist; No need; Can not say
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Tenant representation
• Commercial tenant representation• Occupier representation• Relocation management• Relocation services• Leasing advisory services
Tenant representation
Characteristic• Service provider (consultant) offers services related to relocation process, often
searching suitable premises and negotiating lease conditions.• Other services might be included• Principal is tenant• Implicit characteristic is the relationship between tenant (as a client) and a
consultant. Consultant have to represent exclusively the client.• Earning logic varies: fee can be paid by the tenant or by the landlord
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Tenrep market in Finland
The majority of lease negotiations is done without Tenrep consultant
- Some markets even 80…95% might use consultant
Typical client for Tenrep consultant
- Large, international company
- Sensitive for economic fluctuations
- Centralised CREM
- Consultant company
- Brand orienteed companies
Company background that used Tenrep services 2010 in Finland
International (69%)Domestic (31%)
TenRep association
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Ounasvuori 2012
Triggers to hire a Tenrep consultant
- Expiring lease contract- Organisational changes- Business expansions / cut downs- Hurry- Premises have to support special functionalities- Lack of supply (specific requirements)
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Research aim and methodology
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Research aim
• To understand the nature of relocation processes• To understand challenges that tenants come across• To identify service needs
• What kind of relocation processes do tenants have?• What challenges do tenants come across?• What services should be developed?
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Research methodology• Multiple case study
• Semi-structured interviews
Landlord interviews
Tenant rep consultant interviews
Tenant interviews
Describe practices, Identify challengesDevelop service concept related to relocations
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Preliminary findings
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Challenges that organizations come across Tenant interviews:
- Signifigant time is spent on the process
- Relocation project management is hard to handle
- Often employees were not involved to process
- The emphasize of communication was in the later phases
• Suprisingly the respondents (at least so far) did not considered that advice in lease negotiation would have been be beneficial
• Tenants are interested about real estate services but pay willingness is low
• Some of the respondents indicated that external advice would have been beneficial
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Added value – consultant experiences
• Savings
• Tenrep consultant is able to negotiate better lease conditions
• Time spend
• In-house knowledge does not exist
• No need to waste time to long lists
• Consultant knows the real estate market
• Professionalism
• Professionalism
• Possibility to concentrate only to essential issues
• Tacit knowledge
• Consultant can find all alternatives – access to silent market information
• Tenants benefits are continuously guaranteed
• Special knowledge available (taxation eq.)
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Discussion
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Discussion
• More emphasize to relocations is needed– Awareness– Relocation should be seen as an investment not a cost
• In-house versus outsourcing
• Tenants are interested in real estate services but willingness to pay is low
• Should landlord integrate some services to their budgets? • For example, technology parks are offering already wide range of
services. Could they built up a business concept to support potential tenants to move in?
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Possible benefits for the real estate industry• Space providers
– To understand relocation processes-> Supply side of the market develops
-> Letting process more effective
• User organisations– Perceive understanding of all aspects of relocation– Less risky relocation process– More efficient relocation process– Take financial, social and environmental aspects better into
account
• Service providers and consultants– To identify service need and develop services
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Summary and further research
Relocations
• Significant impact
• Organisations confront challenges
• Finnish market is undeveloped, business potential exists
• In order to understand location decisions, the relocation process needs to be investigated further
Current study continues, so far challenges have been recognised.
Next step is to understand office occupiers’ service needs
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