Category Archives: Strategic Planning

Financial Benefits of Strategic Facility Planning

Facility Planning provides for numerous opportunities to improve financially by affecting rates of return, net present value, cycle times, and processes. Continue reading

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Decisions that Pass the Test of Time

Once you make a decision, you are headed down a road that locks in your future construction, operating, or lease costs. Your facility decisions may even unknowingly shape your organization’s culture and time to market. Our value proposition is that … Continue reading

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What is Strategic Facility Planning?

A Strategic Facilities Plan is the link between business strategies and real estate strategies.  A recent study in the Journal of Corporate Real Estate indicates that even the best real estate databases do not support high-level portfolio decision making.  Developing … Continue reading

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Why you Need to Survey Your Parking Lots Today and Tomorrow (January 4th & 5th)

The first two working days of the year, parking lots are 100% occupied with 100% attendance at work. This is important because parking lot capacity is the true barometer of a facility’s occupancy capacity. Continue reading

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White Paper: Restart Your Facility Planning Process

We’ve been on the road and would like to share some of our observations about the state of Strategic Facilities Planning for the primary markets that Labarre Associates serves in our recently published white paper. Continue reading

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Strategic Facility Planning Process

After you complete your strategic planning session, you might want to consider a Strategic Facilities Plan as it provides research, facility capital and operating cost details and consulting advice on how to implement your plan.  WHERE YOU’VE BEEN – In … Continue reading

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Facilities Operating Cost Cutting Conundrum

Conundrum:  (Oxford Dictionary): a confusing and difficult problem or question                           (American Heritage Dictionary): a paradoxical, insoluble or difficult                   … Continue reading

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Reconsidering the Branch: Retail Branch Case Study: Pelican State Credit Union – Pineville Branch

Location: Pineville, LA Type: Retail Branch / Teller Pods Owner: Pelican State Credit Union Architect: Labarre Architects, APAC Contractor: Labarre Associates, Inc. Completion Date: 2014 Pelican State Credit Union has committed through an extensive launch of their new prototype branch … Continue reading

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Reconsidering the Branch: Retail Branch

Another type of branch that is being built by banks and credit unions around the country is the “retail” branch.  These are akin to open retail stores, in that a person can walk around and interact with tellers in a … Continue reading

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Reconsidering the Branch: Tellerless Branch Case Study: Campus Federal Credit Union – Our Lady of the Lake Branch

Location: Baton Rouge, LA Type: Tellerless Branch / Interactive Teller Machine Owner: Campus Federal Credit Union Architect: Labarre Architects, APAC Contractor: Milton J. Womack, Inc. Completion Date: 2014 Campus Federal Credit Union has been one company to fully invest in … Continue reading

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