The Instant Group and real estate and facility management advisory firm MYSS have joined forces to provide strategic advice to end users about their real estate portfolio and shake up the way that businesses procure and occupy offices.
The spearheads of this new combination on the Dutch real estate market are to provide complete transparency and avoid conflicts of interest.
“We are not in the business of filling up office buildings. We’re looking for the best workplace solution for every organization - fixed or flexible.”
The Instant Group procures & manages around six million square feet of workspace for mid-cap to Fortune 500 clients including GSK, AMEX, and M&G. Using a unique Total Occupancy Cost approach to procurement, Instant leases directly with landlords on behalf of the corporate customer, with whom it contracts for delivery and operational management of the workspace. The solution can also see Instant taking financial responsibility for capital investment in terms of workplace fit-out.
The Instant Group also operates the world’s largest aggregator platform of flexible workspace, with more than 20,000 listings around the world of coworking and serviced offices. This provides clients with accurate data on pricing and availability, again ensuring clients win in terms of the procurement of desk space.
Dutch advisory firm MYSS optimizes, secures and manages real estate and facility services for its clients. The partnership combines global presence and unparalleled access to data with a local network and experience.
Focus on end user, not on real estate owners
Eelco Hoet, Managing Director and partner at MYSS:
“Together with The Instant Group, we serve end users of office space - and not property owners. That makes us completely independent, unlike traditional brokers. We are also transparent about rental prices and assess the full range of options for our clients. From coworking spaces to fully customized and managed offices and more hybrid solutions: every conceivable option is possible and full agility is paramount. The Instant Group's independent platform allows us to benchmark the total occupancy costs of an office, enabling customers to make a truly informed choice.”
Time for change
Research by The Instant Group shows that in a post pandemic market, organizations worldwide are actively assessing their workspace portfolio strategy and use of the office in the future. A series of interviews with over 100 corporates Europe, North America and APAC, shows that the vast majority (70%) believe that workplace strategy & design needs to change, and employee choice needs to improve in terms of location & workspace type.*
John Duckworth, Executive Director of The Instant Group UK & EMEA:
“This joint approach between Instant and MYSS provides solutions to the problems that clients are facing in a post-pandemic world. There is a need to adapt to market conditions and uncertainty, for workspace to become more agile.
We have seen our clients increasingly adopting a test and learn strategy in terms of workspace location and design. To ensure that their colleagues want to come back and enjoy the collaborative experience that good workspace encourages, real estate teams are going to have work harder providing an office that really works for everyone. This will require a much more agile approach to portfolio strategy, funding, and management. We are looking forward to engaging in the Dutch market with MYSS to help build these solutions for corporates.”
*Source: The Instant Group Agile CRE ThinkTank (ACT)
