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   Challenge    Microsoft wanted to create better consistency across its global real estate portfolio. To achieve this, Microsoft’s Real Estate & Facilities (RE&F) team conceived a first-of-its-kind in the industry approach known as the Integ
       
     
   Solution    Global Commercial Real Estate Services firm, CBRE, won the bid to manage the Integrator Model, embedding itself within RE&F with the charge of creating global consistency and sourcing best in class teams from Jones Lange LaSalle, C
       
     
   Results     The pioneering efforts of RE&F and the rigorous methodology introduced by CBRE lead to its selection by Microsoft as Fiscal Year 2013 Service Provider of the Year for Market Agility.
       
     
Microsoft
       
     
Microsoft

Selected by Microsoft as Fiscal Year 2013 Service Provider of the Year for Market Agility.

Applied Expertise
Case Management Lease Administration Portfolio Management Transaction Management Vendor Selection

   Challenge    Microsoft wanted to create better consistency across its global real estate portfolio. To achieve this, Microsoft’s Real Estate & Facilities (RE&F) team conceived a first-of-its-kind in the industry approach known as the Integ
       
     

Challenge
Microsoft wanted to create better consistency across its global real estate portfolio. To achieve this, Microsoft’s Real Estate & Facilities (RE&F) team conceived a first-of-its-kind in the industry approach known as the Integrator Model.

   Solution    Global Commercial Real Estate Services firm, CBRE, won the bid to manage the Integrator Model, embedding itself within RE&F with the charge of creating global consistency and sourcing best in class teams from Jones Lange LaSalle, C
       
     

Solution
Global Commercial Real Estate Services firm, CBRE, won the bid to manage the Integrator Model, embedding itself within RE&F with the charge of creating global consistency and sourcing best in class teams from Jones Lange LaSalle, Cushman & Wakefield, and Colliers International.

Mann oversaw the Latin America portfolio and worked in concert with partners in a complex, international environment, providing comprehensive oversight of 42 sites in 21 countries. In Buenos Aires, Mann’s management of the competitive bid process lead to reduced fees to Microsoft by 40% below market.

   Results     The pioneering efforts of RE&F and the rigorous methodology introduced by CBRE lead to its selection by Microsoft as Fiscal Year 2013 Service Provider of the Year for Market Agility.
       
     

Results
The pioneering efforts of RE&F and the rigorous methodology introduced by CBRE lead to its selection by Microsoft as Fiscal Year 2013 Service Provider of the Year for Market Agility.