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Own vs. Lease
Evaluate whether leasing or owning real estate is right for your company, an important consideration for clients motivated to secure cost certainty and potential equity.
How We Can Deliver
Whether for an individual facility or part of a larger portfolio strategy, our Financial Consulting team underwrites the requirements to support your decision making. We offer advice tailored to your needs from a neutral position as a service provider.
Key Differentiators
Holistic Evaluation
Leveraging our expertise across occupier, capital markets and debt and structured finance to evaluate whether to lease or own real estate.
Internal Alignment
We work with the client's finance department and tax advisors to ensure that our analysis reflects accounting standards and how it will affect their finances.
Ensured Accountability
We provide well-founded and feasible advice by utilizing a team of professionals in each specialty.
Our Leadership Team
Related Insights
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Average rents reach all-time highs in three areas;
Asian brands show strong expansion appetite -
Greater Tokyo vacancy rate at 7.7%, down for the sixth consecutive quarter
Effective rents up 1.3% q-o-q, rising for four consecutive quarters -
Rents rise across all 13 cities nationwide for second consecutive quarter; Grade A supply in Tokyo and Nagoya delivered at near-full occupancy
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Report | Creating Resilience
Japan Special Report - Smarter, Cleaner, Faster: The Case for Data Center Co-Generation Systems
October 1, 2026
The introduction of co-generation systems to eliminate electricity wait times and improve investment efficiency
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Average rents set new record highs in four areas; available space in Tokyo extremely tight as Shinjuku’s vacancy rate reaches 0.0%
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Greater Tokyo vacancy rate falls to 7.8%; rents up 1.5% q-o-q
with Tokyo Bay area up 5.3% and Gaikando area up 2.6% -
Demand Robust but Available Space Remains ScarceTenants Increasingly Accepting of Higher Rents
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Viewpoint | Intelligent Investment
Reading the Japan Office Market: The Neutral Vacancy Rate Explained
July 8, 2026
Neutral vacancy rates in Japan vary by city, with vacancy rate movements against this baseline affecting future rental performance. Vacancy rates are projected to remain below neutral vacancy rates in all cities, leading to rising rents.
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