Asset & Property Management

Outsourcing your asset management services can significantly reduce operating costs while seamlessly integrating amenities. Whether you own a single large asset, a diverse multi-sector portfolio, or a contiguous estate, our cohesive asset management team is here to help. We deliver comprehensive solutions across the UK, tailored to meet the unique needs of both regional and national portfolios. Our market expertise, customized strategies, and commitment to innovation ensure we maximize returns from your asset and property investments.

We leverage our deep knowledge of various asset types and industry-leading research to collaborate with you in developing bespoke asset strategies. Our end-to-end property solutions cover every stage of a property's lifecycle, providing a seamless experience and ensuring consistent, high-quality advice throughout.

Our Areas of Expertise:

• Office & Flexible Workspaces
• Retail & Leisure
• Mixed-use Estates & Regeneration
• Industrial & Logistics

Our Asset Management Services:

• Portfolio Strategy and Business Plans: We prepare, agree, and implement business plans for your assets, including cash flow analysis and financial modelling.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Acting as your representative, we manage key relationships with occupiers, local authorities, and neighbours.
• PR & Communications, Placemaking & Branding: Our marketing and community specialists handle all aspects of placemaking and communications.
• Portfolio Strategic Reviews: We review and benchmark your portfolio to assess performance, identify opportunities, and optimize hold and exit strategies to drive returns.
• Reporting: We provide bespoke written and financial reports for stakeholders, banks, boards, and trustees.
• ESG, Data & Technology: Collaborating with specialists, we develop ESG and technology strategies for portfolios, utilizing real-time data to enhance operations and performance.
• Lease Events & Restructuring: We lead or oversee negotiations on rent reviews, lease renewals, regears, and new leases/surrenders to maximize value.
• Development & Refurbishment Advice: Offering advice on alternative use options, feasibility studies, development appraisals, and cash flow analysis.

By choosing our asset management services, you gain a partner dedicated to maximizing the value and performance of your property portfolio through tailored strategies and expert guidance.

Cost Advantages
Outsourcing asset management services is often more cost-effective, as you pay only for a portion of the time required rather than hiring a full-time team. In-house teams, on the other hand, incur additional expenses for technical support, including training, compliance, backup systems, and disaster recovery.

Experience
We bring a diverse skill set and extensive experience to the table. Our team applies best practices and innovative initiatives from various mandates, ensuring a continuous influx of fresh ideas rather than recycling outdated concepts. Retaining or hiring staff with the right expertise can be challenging when managing resources in-house.

Accountability & Efficiency
An outsourced model ensures complete separation between asset managers and ultimate decision-makers, which many clients find increases accountability. This separation can also simplify negotiations, allowing us to handle stakeholders on your behalf and facilitating the process of making difficult decisions.

Roles & Responsibilities
An outsourced model allows you to concentrate on evaluating advice, identifying opportunities, and achieving strategic objectives, while leaving the day-to-day asset management to external advisors.

Leveraging our technology and ability, we help reduce operating costs, enhance efficiencies, and create a workplace experience that attracts top talent while boosting business performance, innovation, and sustainability. Our dedicated Facilities Management and Supply Chain Management teams collaborate closely with you to deliver a bespoke service aligned with your strategy and vision.

Our Specializations Include:

• Site Facilities Workplace & Customer Relationship Management
• Supplier Procurement & Performance Optimization
• Statutory Risk Compliance & Environmental Performance
• Residential Build-to-Rent Site Management
• Unrivalled Security and Intelligence Services

By partnering with us, you benefit from a tailored approach that ensures operational excellence and strategic alignment.

We provide robust financial controls and compliance for all our clients, scaling our services to meet your specific needs. Our dedicated account management team acts as an extension of your business, managing and evaluating the cost, efficiency, and performance of your portfolio. They develop flexible and productive portfolio strategies to ensure compliance, mitigate risk, and manage transactions and reporting.

Our Specializations Include:

• Client-Responsive Reporting
• Income/Expenditure Accounting
• Controls, Compliance & Assurance
• Cash Collection and Credit Control

Partnering with us ensures that your financial operations are streamlined and secure, allowing you to focus on your core business objectives.

Transform the way you invest in, develop, manage, and occupy buildings to meet the growing demands for sustainability. We provide sustainable solutions that positively impact the environment, enhance well-being, and deliver greater social value to the community, all while maximizing your asset value. Our team at Knight Young Asset Management understands that each client requires unique ESG initiatives, and we are committed to discovering new opportunities to help you reach your targets. We implement both immediate improvements and future-focused sustainability solutions to ensure your portfolio thrives under ESG principles. As the real estate industry evolves, so do we, continually adapting our commercial ESG services.

Our Services Include:

• Market-Leading ESG Net Zero Carbon Expertise
• Net Zero Carbon and Low Carbon Transport
• Energy Management
• Data Management & Reporting
• Social Value and Health & Well-Being

Partner with us to ensure your portfolio not only meets but exceeds sustainability goals, delivering long-term value and a positive community impact.

ESG Framework
Our future success depends on integrating ESG thinking into everything we do. It's crucial that this remains authentic and aligns with our global purpose and shared values, which unite us and keep us focused. Our purpose defines what we bring to the world, and our values guide our operations.

Our Purpose:

• Work Responsibly: We strive to do the right thing by all and for all.
• In Partnership: Together, we tackle some of the greatest issues of our time.
• Enhance Lives and Environments: We inspire and shape places that are sustainable and inclusive for everyone.

Our Values:

• Value the Individual: Recognizing strength in diversity, being responsive to others' needs, encouraging all voices, and supporting everyone to perform at their best.
• Collaborate to Succeed: Embracing the power of teamwork, taking pride in collective efforts, and constructively challenging each other to raise the bar.
• Make a Difference: Bringing positive energy, caring about getting it right, and being ambitious about creating the future.
• Commit to Partnership: Building partnerships that benefit all, acting with integrity and trust, broadening perspectives, and committing to sustainable growth.

Our 3 Action Areas
ESG is a vast and fast-moving landscape. While we can't cover everything, we focus on becoming leaders in areas where we can make the most significant impact. Our ESG framework is divided into three key areas:

• Restoring the Natural Environment: We are committed to reducing our carbon emissions, restoring nature, and advocating for climate resilience.
• Creating Inclusive Workplaces: We strive to be an inclusive business where everyone's potential is unlocked, and differences are celebrated and valued.
• Strengthening Communities: We support our communities by understanding their needs and addressing local challenges through corporate investment and partnerships.

By embedding ESG principles into our operations, we aim to create a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient future.

Optimise your development at the design stage with future management in mind. Our approach ensures that your development aligns with your vision, seamlessly transitioning from completion into ongoing management. Our team of specialists is dedicated to enhancing your asset value, collaborating with you to find the most effective and appropriate solutions.

Our Specializations Include:

• Asset Strategy & Optimization: We develop and implement strategies to maximize the value and performance of your assets.
• Asset Transformation & Project Management: Our experts oversee the transformation and management of projects, ensuring they meet your goals and deliver optimal results.
• Lease Event Management & Regears: We manage lease events and regears, negotiating terms that enhance asset value and tenant satisfaction.
• Design for Management: We integrate management considerations into the design process, ensuring your development is practical, efficient, and easy to manage.

By partnering with us, you ensure your development is not only well-designed but also primed for efficient and effective management, maximizing both immediate and long-term asset value.

Customer & client experience

We prioritize occupiers at the heart of our services by thoroughly understanding and analysing their behaviours and motivations. This enables us to deliver best-in-class experiences tailored to their needs. Our team is dedicated to strengthening the connection between your assets and the occupiers through our unique, solution-focused, end-to-end customer experience services.

Our Specializations Include:

• Branding, Marketing & Communications: We craft compelling brand identities and strategic marketing campaigns to enhance visibility and engagement.
• Occupier Engagement & Experience: We design and implement initiatives that enhance occupier satisfaction and loyalty, creating memorable and meaningful interactions.
• Community & Customer Insights: Our data-driven approach provides deep insights into community and customer preferences, enabling targeted and effective decision-making.
• Digital Consultancy & Place Activation: We leverage digital tools and strategies to activate spaces, creating vibrant and interactive environments that attract and retain occupiers.

By integrating these specializations, we ensure that your assets not only meet but exceed occupier expectations, fostering long-term relationships and driving overall success.