Financing Corporate Real Estate This chapter focuses on the decision to own or lease real estate that is used by a corporation as part of its core business. We show the decision to own versus lease real estate to be similar to the pure real estate investment decision we analyzed extensively in earlier chapters. A key difference, however, is the impact that ownership or sale-leaseback of real estate can have on the corporation's financial statements. Whether a particular corporation should own or lease depends on whether it has a comparative advantage owning real estate relative to other investors or investment vehicles. CFOs, realizing the importance of property to their bottom line and share price, are increasingly giving corporate real estate more attention. Facilities managers today must justify ownership of real estate against a variety of alternatives that combine the operating control provided by ownership with reduced investment and greater flexibility. Corporations are more likely to accept such alternatives, which include a variety of leasing forms as well as joint-venture ownership, as ownership becomes unnecessary to maintaining operating control of real estate. Corporate real estate 企业选择拥有房地产的原因 Owning, rather than leasing, space used in the operation of the business. 拥有而不必租赁经营所需空间 Investing in real estate as one means of diversification from the core business. 多元化的投资手段之一 Retaining, rather than selling, real estate that may have been used previously in business operations. 保留以前经营使用的房地产 Acquiring real estate for future business expansion or relocation. 为业务扩张或搬迁而购置房地产