Education   Plante Moran CRESA’s education team brings value to helping you define the facility and financing requirements for successfully developing K-12 and higher-education facilities.

Integrated Real Estate Advisory Services in a Class of Their Own

Plante Moran CRESA’s education team brings value to helping you define the facility and financing requirements for successfully developing K-12 and higher-education facilities. We offer the comprehensive real estate project management and consulting expertise necessary to help you manage the entire project, all while remaining attuned to the needs of the community you serve.

Our education team also brings comprehensive real estate planning expertise in developing a solid real estate strategy built to gain community support and help you obtain the necessary financing. We provide real estate project management services right from the start, including school site selection, and consultation through the periods of design, construction and occupancy, with a special sensitivity to challenges inherent in the school calendar. 

Our real estate consulting service offerings include:

Real Estate Planning and Analysis 

• Project feasibility studies 
• Financial modeling 
• Public/private financing strategies and support 
• Current facility use and condition assessment 
• Space programming and cost estimating 
• Public and private financing strategies and support 
• Campaign-organization support for bond and/or millage issues 
• Student demographic analysis

Tenant/Buyer Representation

• Leasing and acquisition transaction management services

Real Estate Project Management — Owner Representation

• Project budget and schedule preparation and evaluation 
• RFQ/RFP development 
• Negotiation of professional services agreements 
• School site selection 
• Selection of design and construction team 
• Design advocacy and construction oversight 
• Construction payment application coordination and review 
• Project closeout and move coordination 
• Furniture procurement

Asset Positioning

• Monetization of excess real estate