Property Management and Real Estate

Industry Expertise

As businesses are coming out of the economic downturn, market globalisation, and an increased emphasis on the capital market, real estate portfolios become increasingly significant to the bottom line - and real estate managers are challenged with more demanding revenue-generating and cost-cutting objectives.

For facilities and service management businesses, an efficient and profitable service requires the ability to balance available resources with current utilisation levels. With a portfolio that may be geographically dispersed, many businesses find that scheduling of various service can become challenging.

In today's economic environment Real Estate and Facilities Management organisations can look to improve and streamline the following areas to secure profitable growth:

Tighter budgetary controls

Reduced costs and improved service delivery across the business

Improved management and control of sub-contractors

Better planning and management all people and physical assets

Increased management space and control the cost per square metre

Streamlined operational processes

Process improvements in the areas of a responsive service provision to all clients

With Sapphire's competencies and solutions in the Real Estate Management arena we can help to accommodate requirements for:

Transparency: Full, accurate visibility into what you own, what you lease, where it is located, how it is being used, and how much it costs.

Streamlined business processes: Reduce transaction costs, increase operational efficiency, and free up capital from your real estate assets -- so you can invest in other growing areas of your business.

Supported investment strategies: Facilitate decision making and investment strategies through accurate cost/revenue performance data across all areas of your business.

In addition to the traditional back-office solutions such as financial management, we can offer:

Portfolio management: Support for managing real estate portfolios enables property managers to define your real estate infrastructure and manage business partner relationships.

Commercial real estate management: Commercial real estate managers, such as shopping centre managers, housing authorities, and facility managers, are looking for a solution to cover their core business based on an ERP solution. We can provide support for real estate contract management, management of sales-based rent, service charge settlements, adjustments of conditions, and notification of contract renewals.

Corporate real estate management: Corporate real estate managers such as airports, retailers and public services, want to integrate the significant function of property management in overall processes such as controlling, reporting, and financials. Our solutions can support management of corporate portfolios, assignment of resources to spaces, management of framework agreements, handling the reservation of objects and booking of additional services, and enables efficient move management.

Technical real estate management: Solutions are available to support all processes related to building operations, including service management, administration of available spaces, modernisation, refurbishment, and building maintenance.

With a Real Estate solution from Sapphire you can achieve:

Strategic business insight: Integrated reporting capabilities and increased transparency in your real estate portfolio help you optimise your investment decisions. Key figures and benchmarking increase efficiency in assessing performance.

Differentiation for top-line growth: Leasing vacant space becomes simpler and faster, and risk of lost rent revenue is reduced.

Productivity and efficiency for bottom-line growth: Automation of contract management saves time and money. User satisfaction increases while administrative costs in service management are reduced.

Business agility: Management processes become more efficient thanks to enhanced data transparency and the ability to visually display complex real estate data - giving you the flexibility to act immediately, lower costs, and manage property more effectively.

For more information on the solutions that can fulfil these requirements please visit our products and solutions section.

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