Your real estate portfolio should support your strategy. Does it?

Most companies don't have a real estate strategy. They have a collection of leases that were signed at different times, by different people, for different reasons. The result: wrong-sized spaces, misaligned locations, escalating costs, and no clear picture of what the portfolio will look like in three years.

Portfolio Reviews

I audit your entire property footprint — every lease, every location, every cost line. What's your true occupancy cost per employee? How does it compare to market? Which leases expire when, and what's the financial impact of renewing vs. exiting vs. consolidating? Most companies don't have these numbers. Once you do, every decision gets clearer.

Location Strategy

Where your offices are should be a strategic decision, not a historical accident. I analyse talent distribution, commute patterns, client proximity, building quality, and cost to determine whether your locations are working for or against your business. If you're still concentrated in an expensive Johannesburg node while your talent is migrating to Cape Town — that's a strategy problem, not just a lease problem.

Site Selection

You need a new office — or a warehouse, or a distribution hub. I don't hand you a shortlist of available properties. I build a selection framework: transit access, amenity density, building infrastructure (including backup power — non-negotiable in South Africa), lease flexibility, and cost benchmarks. Then I source options that fit, including off-market.

When companies come to me

• You're growing and need to expand — but unsure whether to add space in the same city or open in a new market.
• You're downsizing because hybrid work means 40% of your desks are empty three days a week. You need a plan to right-size without destroying the office culture you still want.
• You've just merged or acquired and inherited a portfolio with overlap, misaligned terms, and no roadmap.
• Your costs are creeping and no one can tell you exactly why — because rent, rates, utilities, and maintenance are scattered across the P&L with no total picture.

SA-specific context

• Load-shedding has changed what "prime" means. A building without Stage 6 backup power isn't prime anymore, regardless of the address.
• Johannesburg's dominance is shifting. Talent migration to Cape Town and hybrid work flexibility are forcing companies to reconsider where their people actually need to be.
• Flight-to-quality is creating arbitrage. Secondary office space vacancy is above 19%. Prime space is below 8%. That gap creates opportunity for companies willing to consolidate up.