Public Institutions and Education Solutions
CBRE's Public Institutions and Education Solutions Group (PIES), based in Washington, DC, is a national division of the company that provides real estate services to federal, state, county, city and educational institutions. Among the services the PIES Group delivers are the following:
- Strategic planning
- Highest- and best-use studies
- Site selection
- Lease negotiations
- Land and facility acquisition
- Property and facility management
- Public/private partnerships
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- Acquisition and disposition studies
- Construction and development management
- Tenant representation
- Benchmarking studies
- Disposition services
- Financial strategies
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FEDERAL
Solving Complex Challenges for Federal Clients
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation—Named as an advisor to the FDIC to assist with the management and sale of REO assets from banks
- Federal General Services Administration—Completed 83 leasing projects for GSA, providing $6.8 million in taxpayer savings, and provided Lean Sigma training to GSA staff
- United States Postal Service—Delivered management outsourcing of single-site facilities, staff and services, achieving $1.2 million in annual savings
- Federal Base Re-Use Plan—Repositioned stalled base reuse plan with a public-private partnership, yielding $250 million of property sales and ground leases in 18 months
STATE AND LOCAL
Optimizing Value for State and Local Government
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—Saved Pennsylvania taxpayers $30 million by recommending a lease strategy in lieu of a costly renovation
- Commonwealth of Virginia—Delivered $33 million in savings to Commonwealth of Virginia by revising space standards, co-locating agencies and sharing facilities
- State of New Jersey—Identified statewide consolidation opportunities, saving $40 million for the State of New Jersey
- State of North Carolina—Created a real estate disposition strategy and developed the training program to implement it
EDUCATION
Creating Solutions for Educational Institutions
- University of Southern California—The University of Southern California engaged CBRE Consulting to assess the feasibility of developing a major biomedical research park envisioned for a 110-acre site adjacent to the existing 1.6 million sq. ft. USC Health Sciences Campus in Los Angeles.
- University of California, San Francisco—As part of UCSF’s Long-Range Development Plan, CBRE Consulting analyzed potential sites and participated in the selection and implementation of the Mission Bay Campus to accommodate UCSF’s need for additional research, laboratory, ancillary office space and housing.
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