Dr Howard Cooke

Howard is the owner and Director of CORE Consult, a CRE consultancy, and he has over 30 years’ professional experience, primarily as a consultant but also as a client. His experience includes acquisitions; asset management; disposals; restructuring; litigation management; and portfolio management strategies. A major focus has been on lease liabilities arising from occupiers no longer requiring space and the mitigation of both cost and risk. Recent clients include the Institute of Engineering & Technology, Santander, William Morrisons, Whitbread, and B&Q.

Qualifications

• BSc in Geography
• Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyor
• Fellow of Chartered Management Institute
• PhD from Eindhoven University of Technology

Key Publications

Cooke, H., Appel-Meulenbroek, R. & Arentze, T. (2021a). Lifting the lid on the black box of Corporate Real Estate decision-making; dealing with surplus property Journal of European Real Estate Research 14:1 100-119

Cooke, H., Appel-Meulenbroek, R. & Arentze, T. (2021b). Inhibitors and facilitators of Corporate Real Estate dynamic alignment Journal of European Real Estate Research Published on Emerald Insight 23 May 2021 DOI 10.1108/JERER-08-2020-0048

Cooke, H., Appel-Meulenbroek, R. & Arentze, T. (2019a). Adjustment of Corporate Real Estate During a Period of Significant Business Change International Journal of Strategic Property Management 23.3: 171-186

Cooke, H., Appel-Meulenbroek, R. & Arentze, T. (2019b). Is the much-discussed agility of Corporate Real estate visible in Practice? An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between Business Metrics and Surplus Property International Journal of Strategic Property Management 23.4: 227-243

Harris, R. & Cooke H. (2014) ‘Is Corporate Real Estate at a Crossroads?’ Journal of Corporate Real16.4: 275-289

Cooke, H. & Woodhead, S. (2008) ‘Break Strategy – The Key to Breaking Out.’ Journal of Corporate Real 10.1: 110-120

Publications

Cooke, H., Appel-Meulenbroek, R. & Arentze, T. (2019) An Investigation of the operation of CRE Decision Making ERES Annual Summit Paris

Cooke, H., Appel-Meulenbroek, R. & Arentze, T. (2017) Adjustment of Corporate Real Estate During a Period of Significant Business Change ERES Annual Summit Delft

Cooke, H. (2014) ‘The Scale of Commitment to CRE.’ Paper presented at the ERES Annual Summit 2014 Bucharest

Cooke, H. & Woodhead, S. (2007) ‘Corporate Occupiers’ Handbook.’ Originally published by Estates Gazette and now CORE Consult

Cooke, H. (2004) ‘FRS12: Guidance on implementation for corporate real estate managers.’ Journal of Corporate Real Estate 6.4 Sept 2004: 309–324.

Cooke, H. (2003) ‘The Reluctant Landlord scenario’. Journal of Corporate Real Estate 5.2 Apr 2003: 165–172.

Cooke, H. (2002) ‘Survival strategies for corporate real estate in uncertain times’ Journal of Corporate Real Estate 4.4 Sept 2002: 365–374.