Renew the lease or relocate: how to decide
« Our lease is ending, we are unsure whether to stay or leave »
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Kytom guides
Guides for real estate management
For real estate departments and asset managers who make demanding decisions on lease, areas, the trajectory for reducing commercial energy consumption and office CAPEX.
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Your role has become a balancing act. You need to reduce leased sqm without degrading the employee experience, achieve a -40% energy consumption trajectory by 2030 without blowing the works budget, and harmonise a dozen sites sometimes spread across Paris, Lyon, Madrid and Barcelona. Executive management expects a demonstrated ROI, HR departments defend usage, and works councils weigh in on thermal comfort. Kytom operates within this triangle. Our design and build teams steer the project from start to finish, from the feasibility study through to delivery, over an average of 12 weeks for a 850 sqm fit-out. You retain control over strategic decisions (charter, target certification, carbon trajectory), while we handle operational coordination, technical packages and landlord interfaces. You move forward without bearing the execution complexity alone.
All guides relevant to you
Real estate strategy and the decision to fit out
- Renew the lease or relocate: how to decide « Our lease is ending, we are unsure whether to stay or leave »
- Calculating the office space you need « We have 1,200 sqm, is that too much, just right or not enough »
- Cost of an office fit-out per sqm « Give me a budget per square metre »
- ROI of an office fit-out project « How do I justify the investment to the board »
- Building the brief for a fit-out project « Where do we start »
- Design and build or separate trades: how to choose « We have been offered both, which one do we pick »
CSR, environment and regulations
- Low-carbon office fit-out « We want a low-footprint project »
- France's tertiary decree and OPERAT obligations « We understand nothing about OPERAT »
- BREEAM, WELL, HQE certifications: which label to aim for « We want to aim for the label »
- RE2020 and its impact on tertiary fit-outs « What does it change for us »
- Carbon assessment of a fit-out project « How do we quantify the impact »
Project method and management
- Fitting out without disrupting operations (occupied site) « We can't shut down for three months »
- How long an office fit-out project takes « We call you, when is it delivered »
- Keeping a fit-out project on schedule « We are afraid of overruns »
- Phasing works in occupied offices « How do we organise around the teams »
Your frequently asked questions
Why a hub dedicated to my profile?
Because the decisions of a real estate department differ from those of an HR department or executive management. You think in terms of areas, rental value, lease deadlines, commercial regulatory compliance and carbon trajectory. This hub brings together the 25 guides that shed light on these decisions, sorted by category, with quantified ratios drawn from more than 1200 projects delivered since 2006.
How long does it take to read a guide?
Allow 8 to 15 minutes per guide depending on the depth of the subject. The strategic guides (lease, area, ROI) are denser, around 12 minutes. The method guides (phasing, schedules) can be read in 8 minutes. Each guide includes enforceable quantified data (cost per sqm, ratios, average schedules) that you can reuse in management committee meetings.
How does Kytom support real estate management beyond the guides?
Beyond the content, Kytom works in design and build across the entire project cycle: site audit, programme, design, execution and furniture. Your contacts are senior, based in one of the 11 offices in France and Spain. The average duration of a 850 sqm project is 12 weeks, with a budget contracted upfront and a defects liability guarantee.
What canonical figures should I keep in mind to frame a project?
Three structuring benchmarks: an average delivered area of 850 sqm (useful for internal benchmarking), an average duration of 12 weeks in design and build, and a regulatory target of -40% energy consumption by 2030 compared to the reference year. These orders of magnitude should be adjusted according to your type, but they are enough to frame an initial discussion in a real estate committee.
How do these guides fit with an ongoing tender?
The real estate strategy guides (brief, design and build versus separate packages, hidden costs) help structure the specifications and the scoring grid. The method guides (schedules, phasing) frame the commitments required of candidates. You gain precision on technical and budgetary criteria, and limit discrepancies in interpretation between the offers received.