Consulting
Portfolio Technology for Corporate Real Estate
We help you choose, use and run the portfolio technology that turns real estate data into business outcomes.
Portfolio Technology is a suite of specialized practices that helps corporate real estate teams choose, use and run real estate tech and get impactful insights from your real estate data. We match the right technologies to each client and ensure they are deployed and maintained for greatest impact so clients can improve their portfolio operations, workplace experience and business outcomes.
What We Do
CBRE's Portfolio Technology practice covers five core service areas: Technology Advisory Services, IWMS Implementation and Administration, CAD/BIM and Records Management, Productivity Technology, and Data Intelligence. Our five service areas cover the full spectrum of corporate real estate technology needs, from system selection and implementation to ongoing administration, enhancement, data management and support.
Digital transformation in real estate requires more than selecting software. CBRE's Technology Advisory team helps organizations create technology strategies that connect people, places, data, and business objectives. From assessing current systems and processes to defining future-state operating models and technology architectures, we help clients make informed investment decisions and build practical roadmaps for execution.
Our advisory services include technology strategy, IWMS and workplace technology selection, smart building and sensor evaluations, business case development, vendor management, systems diagnostics, gap analyses, and implementation planning. With deep expertise across the real estate technology landscape, we deliver independent, actionable recommendations that improve operational performance, enhance employee experience, and maximize return on technology investments.
CBRE's IWMS practice helps organizations implement, optimize, and maximize the value of workplace and facilities management technology. Our team delivers end-to-end services across leading IWMS and workplace platforms, including Archibus, Nuvolo, OfficeSpace, OpenBlue Workplace, Serraview, Eptura Workplace, ServiceNow Workplace Service Delivery (WSD) and other enterprise solutions.
We support the full lifecycle of IWMS programs, from strategy, requirements definition, system selection, and implementation through ongoing support, enhancements, data management, and user adoption. Our expertise spans space and occupancy management, workplace experience, lease administration, facilities maintenance, capital planning, move management, reservations, and sustainability reporting. Combining deep real estate and technology expertise, CBRE helps clients streamline operations, improve data quality, enhance workplace experiences, and make more informed portfolio decisions.
CBRE's CAD, BIM & Records Management practice helps organizations maintain accurate, trusted building and portfolio data that supports informed real estate and facility management decisions. We provide comprehensive drawing, model, and records management services that ensure floor plans, building documentation, and space data remain current, accessible, and aligned with operational needs.
Our services include CAD standards development, CAFM and IWMS drawing management, space and occupancy data maintenance, as-built drawing management, records digitization, BIM model creation and updates, and portfolio-wide drawing governance. Supporting all building infrastructure disciplines, our global team delivers scalable coverage, rigorous quality controls, and greater than 95% drawing and space data accuracy. The result is a reliable digital foundation that improves workplace planning, portfolio management, maintenance operations, and capital project execution.
CBRE's Productivity Technology practice transforms how corporate real estate, facilities, and workplace teams collaborate, automate processes, manage information, and make data-driven decisions. We deliver modern workplace solutions that connect critical business processes across the real estate lifecycle, improving how teams operate and how organizations use their space.
We also help clients evaluate, select, implement, and operate workplace utilization technologies — from sensor selection and vendor management to data integration and reporting — so raw occupancy signals become trusted workplace intelligence that drives better portfolio and space decisions.
Our broader services include workflow automation, custom business application development, Microsoft Power Platform implementations, business intelligence and analytics, dashboard development, content and document migrations, SharePoint solutions, Microsoft Places deployments, Microsoft 365 optimization, AI-enabled productivity solutions, and enterprise collaboration tools. With decades of Microsoft expertise and deep real estate domain knowledge, we help organizations modernize operations, improve data accessibility, enhance workplace experiences, and generate measurable business value.
CBRE's Data Intelligence practice helps corporate real estate organizations transform data into actionable insights that improve portfolio performance, workplace strategy, and business outcomes. We integrate, govern, and analyze data from IWMS, CAFM, HR, occupancy, utilization, lease, facilities, asset, and financial systems to create trusted, AI-ready data environments that support smarter decision-making.
Our services include data strategy, data governance, data architecture, system integration, business intelligence, workplace analytics, portfolio analytics, dashboard development, KPI reporting, benchmarking, predictive analytics, and AI readiness assessments. By connecting disparate data sources across the technology ecosystem, we provide clients with a unified view of their portfolios, enabling better forecasting, space optimization, cost management, workplace planning, and executive reporting. The result is a scalable data foundation that turns information into a competitive advantage and powers the next generation of real estate decision-making.
How We Deliver
Other firms can recommend technology platforms. Few are grounded in real estate. For CBRE, real estate is our turf. That foundation, combined with a high-impact approach and genuine tech flexibility, is what sets CBRE Portfolio Technology apart.
Other firms can recommend technology platforms. Few are grounded in real estate. CBRE Portfolio Technology is built on that combination. We bring data and technology that are powering the future of the industry. So your technology spend supports your real estate goals.
We go beyond handing you a plan. We put it into action and make sure it's delivering what you need, more efficient operations and a more productive workplace. No handshake and handoff. No wondering what comes next. We turn the vision into reality. So you see not just tech recommendations but business results.
We can build on the systems you have, draw from CBRE's own technology, or bring in our best-in-class partners. We are flexible and focused on your goals. So you get the right technology for your real estate, your business and your future.
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Contacts
Nicholas Holzworth
Managing Director, Portfolio Technology
