In this Issue...

Fire and Rescue benchmarking takes off

Think global, act global on measurement

Finding value: a US occupier perspective

Upcoming IPD Occupiers projects

New lease accounting rules: the implications for occupiers

Adam Eckley, Deputy Chief Fire Officer for Essex Fire and Rescue Services, speaks to Real Return about his role in developing property performance measurement for the sector

Adam is responsible for all his organisation’s support functions, which in addition to property services cover fleet services, operational equipment, engineering workshops, ICT, HR, training, health & safety and finance. He has been responsible for property functions since December 2006.

Think global, act global on measurement

Glenn Corney, Product Manager for IPD Occupiers explains how corporate property benchmarking is moving into the new realm of international comparison

Real estate management is becoming international in its horizons. IPD recently asked 20 European real estate managers across some of the largest companies in the world about their involvement in the performance management process.

Finding value: a US occupier perspective

Sally Fisher, Portfolio Strategy Director for Corporate Real Estate at Union Bank in Los Angeles and a headline speaker at the IPD Occupiers Conference in June, speaks to Real Return

Sally talks about the relevance to her of moving “from Cost to Value”, which is the theme of this year’s Occupiers Conference. Before joining Union Bank, Fisher worked for Jones Lang LaSalle's corporate solutions group, and prior to that as an investment portfolio manager in the private wealth sector.

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Upcoming IPD Occupiers projects

Tasters of things to come

New Occupiers join IPD
Legal and university sector benchmarking in the pipeline
New Multinational benchmarking collaboration
UK service level measurement under development
Service Charge benchmarking on the horizon

New lease accounting rules: the implications for occupiers

Elaine Wilke, Portfolio Analyst for IPD Occupiers in Germany, explains why the new lease accounting rules look set to have a big impact on property users

Substantial changes to the accounting for leases were released in a joint proposal by the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on 17 August 2010.

Upcoming IPD Events

Nordic Property Investment Briefing

5th May 2011 - Copenhagen, Denmark

UK IPD / IPF PDIG Q1 Quarterly Briefing

9th May 2011 - London, UK

IPD Farebrother Midtown Investment Report Launch

16th May 2011 - London, UK

IPD European Property Investment Conference 2011

19-20th May 2011 - Amsterdam, Netherlands

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