IS YOUR OFFICE AN ASSET OR A LIABILITY?: CRESA WASHINGTON DC MANAGING PRINCIPAL MINDY SAFFER AND OTHERS TO PRESENT ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC AT A SEPTEMBER 26 WORKSHOP

September 23, 2013 (Bethesda, MD) – Cresa Washington DC, a Bethesda-based corporate real estate advisory firm that exclusively represents tenants and specializes in the delivery of fully integrated services, announces today that one of its managing principals, Mindy Saffer, LEED AP, is among the presenters at a September 26 learning session on what tenants can do to turn their offices from liabilities into assets.

Saffer, along with professionals from property and casualty insurer Chubb and risk-management firm Early, Cassidy & Schilling, will discuss areas such as:
•What the financial metrics are that you should use when evaluating your real estate
•What the factors are that you should employ to evaluate if the cost of your real estate is providing a real return on investment for your business or organization
•If your space is unusable, or you can’t access it, how will your business or organization still operate and grow?
•As a tenant, where does your building owner’s responsibility end, and yours begin?

These topics aren’t likely ones that you ponder on a daily basis, however, they can often determine if your business or organization struggles, or if it succeeds. That’s because, typically, occupancy and rental costs top expense lines, right below salaries and benefits.

Learn from Saffer and the other presenters how your peers utilize their offices to increase revenue and productivity with decreased costs, and what they are doing to lower risk and protect their investments in their people, and in their spaces.

The workshop takes places from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM on Thursday, September 26, at Chubb’s Washington, D.C. office, which is located at 1920 L St. NW, Suite 700. A continental breakfast is included. To RSVP, please contact phelanpj@ecsinsure.com or 240-864-9117.

About Cresa:

Cresa is an international corporate real estate advisory firm that exclusively represents tenants and specializes in the delivery of fully integrated real estate services, including: Transaction Management, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Workforce and Location Planning, Subleases and Dispositions, Portfolio/Lease Administration, Capital Markets, Sustainability, Industrial/Supply Chain and Facilities Management. With more than 55 offices, Cresa is North America’s largest tenant representation firm. Through its partnership with Savills, one of the world’s largest commercial real estate services firms, Cresa covers more than 255 locations in 40 countries. Cresa Washington DC exclusively serves tenants through its offices in Bethesda, the District of Columbia and McLean. For more information, visit www.cresa.com.