Improving Profitability Through
Real Estate Efficiency

When companies make acquisitions, they take on new real estate that they probably didn’t plan for, which often adds cost and complication to their business.

Many small and midsize firms lack the expertise to resolve these problems and don't have budget to onboard full time resources.

AxisPoint CRE improves operating efficiency by swiftly executing strategies to optimize post-acquisition real estate.

We are comprised of ex-Accenture, Deloitte, and McKinsey consultants and former Heads of Real Estate for Fortune 500 companies.

To succeed companies must

Leverage

AI data analytics to capture insights and build strategy at pace

Build

an optimized footprint by leveraging location analytics, market iintel, and occupancy metrics

Create

a balanced CRE insource- outsource model that reduces cost and enables scale

Prioritize

capital spend based on financial return and reduction of maintenance debt

Maximize

ROI on real estate assets, employee engagement, and productivity

Our Playbook

AxisPoint CRE specializes in implementing strategies to reduce OpEx through real estate efficiency. Each of our advisors possesses a minimum 20 years of experience as a corporate real estate practitioner.

From strategy through implementation, we leverage our deep subject matter expertise to quickly uncover opportunities, capture savings, and improve forecasts.

Quick win identification and execution

Cost reduction through location strategy, footprint rationalization, lease vs. own analysis

Lower service cost through streamlining and simplification of business processes

Increased visibility to operational and financial data

AI-powered intelligence to capture insights and uncover opportunities

Improved speed of services delivery through increased digital automation and governance

Reduced service demand through site condition analytics and predictive maintenance

Improved capital project governance to reduce scope, budget, and timing

the problem we solve

Real Estate M&A
Synergy Capture

The real estate that comes with M&A activity can often disrupt and impede operations, and create unneeded operating expenses. AxisPoint CRE helps small and midsize firms improve profitability by optimizing their corporate real estate.

Our Differentiators

Flexible Resources

We provide temporary advisory and project execution to firms that need additional corporate real estate expertise.

Subject Matter Expertise

We are ex-Accenture, Deloitte, and McKinsey consultants and former Heads of Real Estate for Fortune 500 companies.

Independent Advisory

We are not brokers and don’t earn commissions. We provide independent analysis and implementation.

How We Create Value

Strategy

We leverage AI tools and our deep subject matter expertise to identify opportunities, solve problems, and build smart strategies.

Management

Each of our team members has substantial experience leading teams and working cross-functionally to achieve an objective.

Execution

Not every task should be delegated. We understand what requires direct, hands-on involvement performed by a subject matter expert.

Results We Achieve

On average, our projects identify annual savings equal to 20-30% of total real estate cost

Credentials available upon request

On average, our projects identify

Our M&A Playbook

Data Visibility

Improved insights and decisions. We connect to all existing CRE systems and capture siloed data to create a single source of truth and build a consolidated portfolio view.

Technology Consolidation

Greater efficiency and ease-of-use. We map the CRE ecosystem, classify user dependencies and workflow reliance, inventory systems and tools, and resolve functional overlap and duplication.

Workplace Integration

Enhanced cultural alignment. We combine workplace strategies, assess hybrid schedules and remote status, improve attraction and retention, and implement change management.

Target Operating Footprint

Less excess space, improved supply chain. We identify and execute footprint consolidations, perform location assessments, create and execute property exit strategies, and build supporting business cases.

Vendor Rationalization

Improved pricing, terms, service levels. We map the supplier landscape, identify overlap and duplication, review contracts for improved terms and restructuring, draft and manage RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs.

Capital Projects Priorization

Fewer delays and cost overruns. We validate pipeline forecasts, design resource allocation and capital realignment, assess asset disruption risk, and streamline governance and processes.

Data Visibility

Improved insights and decisions

Technology Consolidation

Greater efficiency and ease-of-use

Workplace Integration

Enhanced cultural alignment

Target Operating Footprint

Less excess space, improved supply chain

Vendor Rationalization

Improved pricing, terms, service levels

Capital Projects Priorization

Fewer delays and cost overruns

To succeed companies must

Leverage

AI data analytics to capture insights and build strategy at pace

Create

a balanced CRE insource-outsource model that reduces cost and enables scale

Maximize

ROI on real estate assets, employee engagement, and productivity

Build

an optimized footprint by leveraging location analytics, market intel, and occupancy metrics

Prioritize

capital spend based on financial return and reduction of maintenance debt

Value Levers

Workplace Transformation

Supplier
Governance

Technology Consolidation

Service Level Management

Procurement Rationalization

Footprint
Optimization

Capital Management

Organizational Design

Operating Model

Our Playbook Includes

Our practice provides deep subject matter expertise to firms that want to boost EBIDTA or Net Income through real estate efficiency. Each of our consultants possesses a minimum of 20 years experience as a corporate real estate practitioner.

AI generated data capture and insights

Cost reduction through location strategy, footprint rationalization, lease vs. own analysis

Lower service cost through streamlining and simplification of business processes

Increased visibility to operational and financial data

Quick win identification and execution

Improved cycle time and speed of services delivery through increased digital automation and governance

Reduced service demand through preventative and predictive maintenance

Improved capital project governance to reduce scope, budget, and timing

Additional Services

Portfolio Strategy

Alignment of real estate footprint with hybrid work strategy. Business case development for growth, consolidation, disposition, or financial restructuring.

Org and Op Model Design

Optimized labor mix onshore / offshore / nearshore, spans and layers analysis, taxonomy and capability assessment.

Technology Enablement

Platform and point solution assessment and roadmap. Digital solution design and systems integration.

Workplace Strategy

Alignment of physical workplace with hybrid work strategy. Enhanced employee experience to improve engagement, attraction, and retention.

Supplier Rationalization

RFP management, scope reduction, supplier consolidation, pricing transparency, centralized technology platform.

Capital Projects

Rolling forecasts, improved scenario planning, benchmark evaluation, scope control, approval gates, improved alignment to business goals.

Lease Administration

Assessment of tools for AI-generated reporting, analysis, critical date management, and automated lease abstraction and translation.

Transaction Management

Broker evaluation, selection, contract negotiation, and management. Oversight of strategy implementation and transactions.

About Us

Gabe Burke is a seasoned corporate real estate strategist with more than 25 years of industry experience. He previously led Portfolio Strategies for Accenture’s Real Estate & Workplace Solutions consulting practice. His work focuses on helping organizations optimize their real estate portfolios for a post-pandemic workforce—balancing cost efficiency, flexibility, and performance.

Gabe’s thought leadership on workplace transformation and return-to-office strategy has been featured in leading publications such as U.S. News, Barron’s and The Mercury News.

He has led complex real estate projects in all major global markets. Clients include CVS Health, AIG Insurance, AdaptHealth, Union Pacific, Logitech, and BlackBerry. Prior to Accenture, Gabe served as a Managing Director with Cushman & Wakefield and a Senior Vice President with Colliers International.

About Us

Gabe Burke is a seasoned corporate real estate strategist with more than 25 years of industry experience. He previously led Portfolio Strategies for Accenture’s Real Estate & Workplace Solutions consulting practice. His work focuses on helping organizations optimize their real estate portfolios for a post-pandemic workforce—balancing cost efficiency, flexibility, and performance.

Gabe’s thought leadership on workplace transformation and return-to-office strategy has been featured in leading publications such as U.S. News, Barron’s, and The Mercury News.

He has led complex real estate projects in all major global markets. Clients include CVS Health, AIG Insurance, AdaptHealth, Union Pacific, Logitech, and BlackBerry. Prior to Accenture, Gabe served as a Managing Director with Cushman & Wakefield and a Senior Vice President with Colliers International.

Michael O’Farrell
Cell: 408-420-0353
mofarrell@axispointcre.com
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Michael O’Farrell is a Corporate Real Estate Leader with more than 25 years of experience who most recently was Head of Real Estate for Couchbase.  He possesses deep experience in all aspects of corporate real estate including workplace strategy, project management, design and construction, facilities management, location analysis, and footprint rationalization.

Michael has developed global workplace teams for both mid-sized and start-up companies, created service strategies to complement cultural norms around the world.  He has been responsible for bringing on office space on time and on budget with particular expertise in the US, Western Europe and South Asia.

Prior to Couchbase, Michael served as a real estate leader for Cohesity, Nutanix, Jive, and Palm Computing.

Marty Newhouse
Cell: 703-470-8489
marty.newhouse@axispointcre.com
LinkedIn Profile

Marty Newhouse previously spent more than 20 years with Accenture and was a leader in their CRE consulting practice. He focused on Connected Buildings advisory, a team that provided digital, IoT, and analytics solutions for buildings and real estate stakeholders. While at Accenture, he completed 40+ projects for 20 different leading global corporations and public sector organizations.

Marty has a passion for harnessing technology and managing change to improve operations, drive innovation, and enhance sustainability and resilience in the built environment.

Marty is excited to offer his experience to assist organizations with tailored real estate services that capture opportunities in technology, energy, and sustainability.

Luigi Sciabarrasi
Cell: 650-303-7998
luigi@axispointcre.com
LinkedIn Profile

Luigi Sciabarrasi is a former Senior Vice President of Global Real Estate for AECOM and has more than 35 years of industry experience. Throughout his distinguished career he has overseen global real estate operations and driven strategies that advance corporate objectives through innovative solutions. His expertise spans corporate real estate strategy, financial analysis, org and op models, workplace strategy, capital planning, and transaction management.

He has built resilient and efficient real estate operations by leveraging collaboration and data-driven insights. He has empowered organizations to enhance operational stability and employee satisfaction while navigating complex challenges in changing environments.

Prior to AECOM, Luigi served as a Vice President and Head of Global Real Estate for Symantec, Veritas, and Imperva, and as a Managing Director with Cushman & Wakefield.

Sanyam Bhardwaj
Cell: 508-561-7815
sanyam@axispointcre.com
‍LinkedIn Profile

Sanyam Bhardwaj is a corporate real estate technology leader with over 20 years of experience helping organizations modernize how they manage portfolios, leases, finance, and capital projects. His work focuses on improving clarity, reducing manual analysis, and enabling better, more defensible decision-making.

He has held senior roles and led large-scale initiatives at firms including Deloitte and Accenture, partnering with global clients across industries to implement real estate technology that operates effectively in complex, real-world environments.

More recently, Sanyam has designed and built a proprietary intelligence platform that connects to existing real estate systems and documents to surface risks, trends, and recommendations in a controlled and auditable way. He brings an operator’s mindset to applying structured logic, analytics, and AI, with a strong focus on trust, accountability, and practical outcomes.

Phil Kirschner is a workplace strategy and change-management leader with more than 20 years of experience at the intersection of real estate, employee experience, and technology. He helps executive teams redesign how work happens, minimize resistance and drive measurable outcomes.

Previously, Phil was a Senior Expert at McKinsey & Company in the Real Estate and People & Organizational Performance practices, advising leaders on distributed work, real estate optimization, and the purpose of the office. Prior to McKinsey, he was VP of Enterprise Experience and Workplace Strategy at WeWork. He also led Workplace Strategy Consulting for JLL in the Northeast U.S. and served as Global Head of Workplace Effectiveness at Credit Suisse, where he co-created the award-winning “Smart Working” program.

Phil publishes The Workline newsletter, is a LinkedIn Top Voice and Forbes contributor, and speaks frequently on the future of work.

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