Fractional CRE Operating Partner

You're running a
complex portfolio.
How much of it can you actually see?

Canvus gives multi-site occupiers senior CRE expertise on retainer — so every lease event, risk exposure, and portfolio decision gets the attention it deserves, not just the attention you have time for.

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£320k
portfolio risk identified
across 12 locations
10–50
leased locations —
our core ICP
£3k
per month from
Essential tier
17 yrs
senior CRE advisory
experience
Trusted by organisations including
Clients including AXA, D+G, Getir, Freddie's Flowers, Health Hero
Sound familiar?

The portfolio
visibility problem

When CRE responsibility sits alongside a dozen other priorities, the portfolio gets reactive attention — not strategic oversight. Lease events arrive. Decisions get made under pressure. The board asks questions you don't have time to answer properly.

Canvus is your independent CRE operating partner. Senior expertise, retained — sitting exclusively on the occupier side, never acting for landlords, and focused entirely on making your portfolio perform and your decisions defensible.

A senior CRE Director costs £133,000–£186,000 in year one — salary, employer NIC, pension, private health, and a recruitment fee before they've opened a single lease. Canvus Essential starts at £3,000/month — no on-costs, no notice period, immediate deployment.

01
Lease events without a strategy Renewals, breaks, and expiries arriving without advance positioning, landlord intelligence, or a clear negotiation mandate.
02
No single source of truth Lease data scattered across spreadsheets, solicitor files, FM platforms, and finance systems. No central register. No reliable picture. Decisions made on incomplete information.
03
No clear portfolio picture Break options undiarised. Obligations buried. No single view of what the estate demands over the next 36 months — until something forces the issue.
04
Underperformance visible at board level Low occupancy. Poor utilisation. A portfolio that does not reflect how the business actually works — and a C-suite that is starting to notice.
05
The CFO wants a roadmap Pressure to align the estate with business objectives, demonstrate cost control, and present a credible 3-year plan — without the internal resource to build one.
06
Bandwidth, not expertise The knowledge exists internally. The problem is time, mandate, and the specialist depth that only comes from doing this work across dozens of portfolios simultaneously.
The Canvus approach

Clarity, strategy,
then execution

A structured three-stage process that gives you full visibility of your estate, a defensible strategy for every decision, and expert execution at every critical moment.

01
Diagnose

We map your full lease estate — expiry heatmap, occupancy and utilisation data, obligation audit, and break option register. Every site, every risk, every upcoming decision point — clearly visible in one place, often for the first time.

02
Strategise

We model the options against your business objectives. Stay, consolidate, renegotiate, exit. Each scenario is risk-assessed, costed, and presented in a format your CFO and board can act on — not agent recommendations, independent advice.

03
Execute

We manage the process end-to-end — landlord negotiations, agent oversight, lease re-gears, and dilapidations strategy. Where specialist delivery is needed, we brief, manage, and hold the right partners to account. Outcomes are delivered, not just recommended.

Retainer tiers

Choose your
operating model

Each tier is a fixed monthly retainer — strategy, execution support, and senior advisory on tap. No transaction fees. No agent commissions. No conflict. Occupier-only, by design.

Essential
Foundation
10–25 locations
£3k / month
✓Lease Expiry Heatmap — Q1–Q4 visibility across all sites
✓Utilisation Report — floor-by-floor waste identified
✓3 Renewal Scenarios — Stay vs Consolidate vs Exit, costed
✓Savings Map — CFO-ready visualisation of £50k+ opportunities
✓Central Lease Register — obligations tracked, queries answered
✓Bi-weekly advisory calls, your priorities first
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Growth
Strategic
25–50 locations
£5.5k / month
Everything in Essential, plus:
✓Agent Oversight — bias detection and term challenges on your behalf
✓Consolidation Models — 5-site rationalisation scenarios costed
✓12-Month Execution Roadmap — priorities, owners, and milestones
✓Weekly Dashboard — real-time savings tracking
✓Lease dispute resolution
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Embedded
Full Oversight
50+ locations
£15k / month
Everything in Growth, plus:
✓Portfolio Scenarios — "What if 20% headcount cut?" modelled in full
✓Executive Reporting — automated CFO-ready delivery
✓Dilapidations Coordination — £100k+ exit saving potential
✓Crisis execution — lease defaults, M&A integration
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Client outcomes

What independent
CRE expertise delivers

"Canvus coordinated a complex tri-party transaction on a Grade I Listed building in the City — landlord, legal, and our internal property and finance teams — delivering completion in a timeframe that most advisors would have considered impossible. Jonathan's knowledge, impartiality, and stakeholder management proved critical to achieving both our operational timeline and longer-term property objectives."

Marc
Real Estate, AXA

"Canvus brought genuine rigour to our portfolio — strategic lease management across 18 sites, scenario modelling that gave our board real options, and financial reporting our CFO could act on. Their market analysis was sharper than anything our agents provided, and the cross-functional coordination meant our property, HR, and finance teams were finally aligned. An invaluable operating partner."

Portfolio client
Professional Services, London — 2026

Client details available on request. Canvus maintains strict confidentiality as standard.

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No obligation. No agent conflicts. Occupier-only advice.