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Report: Make Plans to Sell Surplus Industrial

Via strategic planning, corporations can realize major benefits including higher profits and an optimized asset portfolio, says Mark Fenner at Arcadis.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on October 23, 2017

Aerial view of refinery facility Arcadis assisted with the sale, remediation and redevelopment of this former oil refinery in Ingolstadt, Germany.

HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO—Amid continued demand for warehouse and logistics space, industrial corporations may be sitting on a potential gold mine they have no plans to tap: disposing of surplus properties. In what it says is the first-ever global surplus property management benchmark report, consulting firm Arcadis recommends that companies make such plans—or give the plans higher priority than they receive at present.

“With the industrial real estate market booming in western economies and the availability of property diminishing, now is an excellent time to take advantage of disposing of surplus property,” said Arcadis SVP Mark Fenner. “By planning strategically, corporations realize major benefits such as higher profits, an optimized asset portfolio, reduced liabilities, healthier balance sheets and an improved public image.”

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