Meet Our New Members – RealFoundations
RealFoundations is a global professional services firm that offers consulting and managed services to developers, owners/operators, service providers, occupiers and investors in significant amounts of real estate. We are a privately-held company with offices in Melbourne & Sydney, as well as Dallas, Newport Beach, New York, Hong Kong, London, Singapore and Chennai.
RealFoundations designs solutions for institutional investors and investment managers with global real estate portfolios, bringing immediate and long-term value to real estate organisations through our three service lines:
- Management Consulting: We draw from decades of accumulated industry expertise to identify critical areas for greatest improvement, and then design and implement solutions that make real estate run better.
- Managed Services: We offer a range of leading solutions to enable real estate companies to transition components of their business processes using an on/off shore delivery model.
- Energy Solutions: We help organisations make long-term, sustainable improvements in energy and environmental performance.
We have in-depth knowledge of Real Estate business processes, organisations and supporting applications which enables us to provide a unique perspective on leading practices in the industry. We are objective. We offer our expertise and we do not represent any software or equipment maker. We understand how to best leverage existing tools while incorporating new technologies to achieve defined results.
Simply put, we make real estate run better.
What attracted you to the property council?
The Property Council of Australia is the leading advocate for Australia’s real estate industry. Because RealFoundations also invests in the industry’s well-being, advocating on behalf of our community, and contributing time and expertise to various industry groups, it only makes sense that we would want to be involved in the organisation.
Issues of importance
Our clients are typically leaders in their industry and include 14 of the top 25 largest global investment managers, the majority of the top 25 largest global office, retail, industrial and multi-family owners and property managers, and multinational corporations in retail, finance and entertainment. These organisations often share a variety of operating challenges that stem from expanding into or operating across multiple international markets. These can include cross-border issues of language, taxation, risk management, compliance, and fragmented information and supply chain systems.
What do you see as the biggest opportunity for the NSW property industry in the next 12 months?
Sydney’s development boom in Infrastructure, office, hotel and residential projects and the impact on population, employment, retail and tourism growth will support demand for office space and will continue to benefit real estate companies. With this economic growth comes the opportunity to invest in their operating model and realise capacity and efficiency gains by harnessing new technology and leading practices from around the world.
What do you see as the biggest challenge for the NSW property industry in the next 12 months?
With the expansion of tech disruptors and automation in the real estate industry, the demand for faster, less expensive portfolio reporting and managed services is on the rise, setting the stage for operational improvements in established companies. Our hope is for both emerging and established real estate firms to recognise the importance of a well-defined operating model to ensure the performance of their real estate assets and to make the necessary changes to their business before they outgrow spreadsheets and manual processes.