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Introduction

Today's increasing pace of change, rapid communications and demands for housings are bringing real estate industry practices to the forefront in most private, public sector and non-government organizations.
There is a need to apply the new approaches and models in Real Estate on its huge investment projects.
This training course is directed to the experts working in Real Estate Industry to minimize the losses of risks and to optimize the performance of their projects.
Modern governance policies and practices are being substantially updated to require explicit attention to real estate industry.
However,
There has been almost no opportunity for public and private sector managers and senior staff to acquire an awareness of modern Real Estate Management concepts and practical assessment models and tools.
This course will help them acquire new competencies to support modern governance in real estate organizations.
This training course describes the philosophy, principles, practices, and techniques for managing real estate investment projects, with a particular focus on complex or large-scale project activities.
The approaches contained here may also be applied to simple purchases of goods and services, although with considerable simplification.
Managing real estate projects is important to:
• Managers, because it improves the basis for making decisions to meet strategic investment requirements and achieve their project and program objectives.
• Project Staff, because it helps to identify things that can go wrong in the project process and operation and offers ways to address them effectively.
• End users, because it contributes to satisfying needs and achieving value for money in acquiring major assets and capabilities.
• Suppliers and contractors, because a sensible approach to manage real estate projects leads to better planning and better outcomes for them.
• Financiers, who must ensure they obtain a financial reward commensurate with the risks involved.
and
• Insurers, who require comfort that risks in real estate investments are being managed prudently within the project prior to determining whether and how much to charge for financing residual risks.

Objectives

This course gets to the nuts and bolts of property investing -all the practical issues of how to select and manage tenants, risks, and refurbishments, voids- but also all the financial aspects such as fund management and organization, tax issues for those countries that have tax regimes, and accounting.
This course is designed for organizations or people, who are managing real estate, either in a fund management role or a company.
Although many managers do not use the term ‘management’ when they undertake their real estate activities, the concept of management is central to what they are doing.
Better management of real estate projects is the key for more successful activities and outcomes.
The scope of real estate management for projects includes all management techniques associated with the overall business approach and concept, the design and delivery of the project, transition into service, and the detailed operations and processing activities of the delivered asset.
• Business management includes all those management tools that might impact on the viability of the enterprise, including market, industry, technology, economic and financial factors, government, and political influences.
• Project management includes all those management tools that might impact on the cost, schedule, or quality of the real estate project.
• Operations and processing management include all those management tools that might impact on the design, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, and maintenance activities, including major hazards and catastrophic events.

Upon completion of this training course, participants will know:
• Understand real estate investment, lease and management techniques.
• Apply real estate management techniques individually.
• Serve on a team conducting a real estate management study.
• Make significant contributions to the conduct of the company's real estate management program.

Who Should Attend?

This course is recommended for all employees involved with any type in real estate:
• Top Management,
• Financial personnel,
• Human Resources Personnel,
• Contracts Officers and Managers,
• Project Managers,
• Construction Engineers,
• Tendering Personnel,
• Maintenance planer,
• Systems personnel,
• Facilities personnel, and
• Operation personnel.

Training Method

• Pre-assessment
• Live group instruction
• Use of real-world examples, case studies and exercises
• Interactive participation and discussion
• Power point presentation, LCD and flip chart
• Group activities and tests
• Each participant receives a 7” Tablet containing a copy of the presentation, slides and handouts
• Post-assessment

Program Support

This program is supported by:
* Interactive discussions
* Role-play
* Case studies and highlight the techniques available to the participants.

Course Agenda

The course agenda will be as follows:
• Technical Session 08.30-10.00 am
• Coffee Break 10.00-10.15 am
• Technical Session 10.15-12.15 noon
• Coffee Break 12.15-12.45 pm
• Technical Session 12.45-02.30 pm
• Course Ends 02.30 pm