Your lease is about to expire. Your space needs or business have changed. You’re curious what other options are out there. Whatever your reasons for considering a move, this stage is filled with unknowns.
Insight
06 July 2021
Your next move: A guide to office relocation
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Planning
Start with the big picture. Be secure in your values, specific in your goals and mindful of how you can achieve both. Only once you figure out who you are as a business can you design a workplace to best support your people.
Plan your strategy
Your move strategy is about more than picking a new building. A real estate decision can affect every facet of your business: productivity, revenue, wellbeing, sustainability and future success.
- What are your company’s broader business objectives?
- Which real estate decision will support those goals?
- How fast is your growth rate? Do you need flexible terms?
- What’s your exit plan when the lease ends?
- Who is your workforce and what is their work style? Where are they currently located?
- What environment will make your workforce more productive?
Assess your needs
It’s hard to improve if you don’t know where you stand. Identify inefficiencies in your current workspace, decide how the new space should function and present the plan to stakeholders.
- How can operations improve?
- What style of building suits you?
- What type of work environment do you need―fully open plan or mix of offices and open space? Flexible working options or will the office incorporate Activity Based Working?
- How many square metres per workstation?