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2021 Commercial Real Estate Executive Survey: Operational Excellence

2021 Commercial real estate executive survey Operational excellence

Read the CRE Executive Survey summary

Learn best practices from the fastest-growing CRE investment firms

What you'll find in these survey results

We wanted to understand what the fastest-growing commercial real estate investment firms were doing differently in order to identify best practices in leadership and operations management. To do this, we conducted a survey of CRE executives and asked a range of questions about portfolio growth, strategy, hiring, management, technology, and budgeting.

Download our findings now to see what we learned with regards to:

  • How they are planning
  • Where they are recruiting
  • How they are managing their teams
  • Where they are focusing
  • How they are budgeting

About this survey

This survey was fielded from June 18 - July 2, 2021. 108 senior CRE leaders participated, representing a cross-section of sponsor firms from across North America and a mix of property types and investment strategies.