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Managing the Leasing and Reporting Process at Scale with VTS

"VTS has been instrumental and integral in our ability to manage our leasing activity and reporting process."

Mark Theine, Executive Vice President, Asset and Investment Management

Physicians Realty Trust

BY ASSET TYPE

Medical Office

PORTFOLIO SIZE

14M SF

REGIONS

U.S.

Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE: DOC) is a publicly-traded real estate investment trust with a 14 million square foot portfolio of 250 medical office buildings that are located in 30 states. The properties are currently 96% leased by 1,400 different tenants. Physicians Realty IPO-ed in 2013 and has since grown AUM to about 4.5 billion dollars. To deliver the performance its shareholders expect, Physicians Realty has invested heavily in its people and process. Technology is a critical part of that strategy and enables its teams to manage the leasing and reporting processes at scale.

The firm set out to find a platform that would give its teams a central location to track leasing activity and effectively analyze deals. Since becoming a VTS customer, its leasing and asset management processes have changed dramatically.

CHALLENGES & ROADBLOCKS

Why Physicians Realty Trust needed to transform its approach to leasing and asset management

Inefficient leasing process

Before VTS, the leasing process at Physicians Realty was made up of many spreadsheets, shared in various formats by numerous leasing partners. There was no easy way to manage the information and deal updates or track how deals were progressing. As a result, Physicians Realty’s leasing decisions and management of tenant relationships were
labor-intensive processes.

Delayed approvals

The deal approval process at Physicians Realty was manual and time-consuming. To get deals approved, it took several spreadsheets and phone calls to track the history of a deal and its negotiations. It was difficult for their teams — including leasing, asset management, construction, and credit — to collaborate to approve leases quickly.

Time wasted on reporting

As a publicly-traded company, Physicians Realty needed to provide regular, detailed performance reports to its investors and shareholders. With no central location to store the information, the reporting process was manual, tedious, and left room for error. Not only did this waste time, but the team was also unable to view portfolio performance at a glance.

SOLUTION

Transforming the leasing and asset management process at Physicians Realty Trust

Faster deal cycles

Physicians Realty has cut deal cycles by more than a month. Brokers and internal teams manage deals in VTS, which gives everyone visibility into the status and progress of every deal. Using the VTS Daily Digest email, executives create daily priority lists of the deals they need to execute on. The team also has access to powerful analytics to create the best leasing strategy and lease structure for every deal.

Streamlined approvals

With VTS Deal Approvals, Physicians Realty is approving a larger number of deals in less time. Asset managers can compare each new proposal to budget and understand all context. This system helps them make a quick decision and get back to the broker to keep deals moving forward. Everyone now has full confidence that every team has approved a lease before executing a deal.

Instant, accurate reporting

The Physicians Realty team is no longer compiling reports from numerous spreadsheets but instead generates them instantly in VTS. As a publicly-traded company, these reports are critical to the company’s business. The team has an air-tight audit process, and they know they're reporting correct information to investors and shareholders. The team now has more time to analyze quarterly leasing stats, close deals, and grow the company.

Results

-39%
in average days from tour to executed lease
-25%
in days required to approve a deal
4.6K+
reports instantly generated

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