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Charles Nobs:
We believe in long-term partnerships with
partners and people that share in our three core behaviors:
integrity, collaboration and challenge to produce a
winning combination for our employees, our clients, and
partners. This has supported the UBS relationship with
Cushman & Wakefield for more than 20 years which has
been consistently strong under John Santora’s leadership.
Cushman & Wakefield now provides a full service solution
to UBS Americas across Integrated Facilities Management,
Project & Development Services, Transaction Management,
UBS Group Corporate Services (GCS) continues to transform their real estate portfolio and
service delivery model providing a foundation for the bank's strategic growth initiatives. We sat
down with UBS’s
Charles Nobs
, head of GCS Americas,
Terry Goulard
, head of Portfolio Strategy
& Management and
George Conomos
, head of Home Office Real Estate Americas, to discuss
how the group drives effectiveness, efficiency, and innovation to meet business and client needs.
EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE
Leading the Way:
UBS CRE Strategy
DRAFT
and Portfolio Administration. When UBS acquired Paine
Webber in 2000, we were able to leverage and mobilize
our partner’s resources to produce value for the bank by
reducing excess space and a high volume of subleases. Given
a UBS Americas portfolio that is constantly evolving and has
experienced peaks of around 10 million SF and 400 locations,
it is critical that we have partners who can help us manage
the change. Ours is a business requiring perfect alignment
between insourced and outsourced resources across the
Americas.
How did your relationship with Cushman & Wakefield begin and evolve?
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