This article is from the Australian Property Journal archive
JONES Lang LaSalle has won contracts with giants Phillips and Nokia to manage their facilities across Asia Pacific.
This is the first time Nokia has outsourced management of its facilities in the region. As part of the three-year outsourcing contract, JLL will manage 30 complexes across 11 countries.
JLL’s integrated facilities management Asia Pacific managing director Jordi Martin the deal will allow Nokia to continue reducing costs and enhance service delivery to their business unit.
Philips has appointed JLL to manage its 4.3 million sq ft real estate portfolio. The firm is already acts as the transaction management provider for Philips.
As part of the five-year outsourcing contract, JLL will manage 25 sites across 11 countries.
Martin said in today’s economic downturn, occupiers are being driven by a desire to save costs through better management of their facilities and the outsourcing business is experiencing strong growth.
“Last year, our integrated facilities management business in Asia Pacific expanded its space under management by 27 million sq ft. This growth has continued in 2009 and in the first quarter of the year, we have seen our portfolio of space under management increase by an additional 9 million sq ft,” he concluded.
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