HELPING YOU Find it. Draw it. Build it. Real Estate Advisors
We believe that the winning strategy is SIMPLICITY
Our Services
handles klein provides a range of services to support and your real estate projects
We simplify the real estate process and bring your vision to reality. From site ID through opening the doors, we can support all aspects. Improving the cycle time. Increasing operational efficiencies. Adding value for your stakeholders.
We provide a range of services to amplify
your team's value add.
REAL ESTATE ADVISORY SERVICES
We apply our extensive expertise from working in your industry firsthand and delivering solutions across all markets.
NEW STORE GROWTH
- Market Planning Strategies that are based on data, analytics, consumer insights, and good old-fashioned boots-on-the-ground knowledge. Creating and managing your pipeline, supervising brokers, and presenting deals to you and for you.
EXISTING PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
- Create Short-Term and Long-term strategies that review all portfolio leases New, Renewals, and Re-negotiations while addressing, voids, and optimizing rent and occupancy costs. Ultimately delivering a "right size" portfolio.
REAL ESTATE LIFECYCLE
- Design the most effective process from Market Plan through Construction execution minimizing cycle times within functional groups and maximizing your revenue weeks.
- Create and deliver best-in-class collaboration templates, procedures, and road maps allowing teams to work effectively.
OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE
We know your business and can integrate seamlessly. We have been “in your shoes” in prior roles providing leadership to manage projects from real estate site ID acquisition through design management and construction execution and handing over to operations
- We align the project team to the leadership goals.
- Review, analyze, and adapt program requirements against your real estate strategy
- Create capital program budget and portfolio master schedule, including projected deal flow to balance the project delivery
- Create a procurement strategy to enable you to solicit proposals from all required stakeholders like architects, engineers, and other design consultants necessary for the project or capital program.
- We initiate a review of existing architectural and engineering documents for general program compliance, constructibility, and cost-effectiveness.
- Oversight/Review of zoning, permitting, and code issues across the capital plan.
- Identify value engineering opportunities as necessary to achieve the best value for the client.
- Review, negotiate, and approve all consultant invoicing.
- Negotiate landlord's Exhibit, work-letter lease language interpretation, financial concerns, and other matters related to the buildout
- Establish the most appropriate construction delivery system based on the required delivery need and aligned with the real estate cycle time. (ie competitive bid, time and materials, negotiated GMP).
- From our roster of over 100 GCs provide qualified licensed contractors for bidding/negotiation that meet the needs in the markets you are focused on.
- Create and provide GC bid packages, qualify scope and cost, and negotiate and finalize ready-for-construction contracts.
- Determine and execute the number of construction sites necessary to assess progress and quality control, and to deal with construction issues as they arise.
- Lead periodic project meetings to coordinate activities of contractors, consultants, clients, and other project stakeholders.
- Review change order submittals and negotiate or mitigate as needed.
- Process all approved project cost invoices and submit them to the client for payment.
- Provide Project Status Report.
- Ensure timely completion of all consultant and contract activities.
IF YOU HAVE A PROCESS WE WILL ADAPT TO IT, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LIFECYCLE PROCESS WE WILL CREATE ONE AND EXECUTE YOUR PROGRAM TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
DESIGN MANAGEMENT
We provide complete oversight of your design from vision, early connecting, and schematic design through to full documentation of your brand.
- Create concept standards; establish design criteria
- Value engineer your existing concept/template design
- Manage prototype development
- Develop design budget & schedule
- Develop, manage & execute site survey & due diligence process
- Navigate Landlord design approvals
- Create ROM budget at the design phase
- RFP and manage production of construction documents
- Ensure brand design execution is maintained throughout the execution process
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Our goal is to provide you with the best experience when managing the execution process. From program planning, design management, construction management, due diligence, and real estate support.
OUR CM SERVICES AT A GLANCE:
- Site feasibility for real estate validation of brand requirements
- Site risk analysis for ADA, building code, structural and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing risks
- Negotiate landlord work letter to mitigate unnecessary costs
- Site monitoring of Landlord's work letter completion
- Develop conceptual budgets
- Oversight/Review of zoning, permitting, and code issues across the capital plan.
- Provide qualified GCs, Architects, and material vendors
- Manage bidding/negotiated bid process
- Develop a final coordinated site budget & schedule
- Manage construction in relation to budget & schedule
- Perform required/proposed site visits per the approved schedule
- Coordinate turnover with store operations
- Provide project close-out documentation
- Complete vendor invoicing review before payment
- Support in obtaining tenant improvement allowances