Real Estate & Facility Advisory Services

Real Estate & Facility Advisory Services

One of the largest assets in your community is the land, buildings, and facilities that you control. As the mission and membership of your community have changed, these assets may longer be as well-suited to the needs of your ministries or members. To help religious communities with their facilities and property, Zielinski Companies has developed a comprehensive package of services.

Real Estate Development

By selling or converting one of your properties or facilities, the best possible outcome is desired, both financially and with respect to its impact on your mission, membership, ministries, and public image. Our consultants can provide you with the information you need to make the best decision with regard to sale, conversion or alternative utilization of your facility/ property.

Feasibility Studies

A feasibility study can provide insight into the viability and reliability of the outcome of a project or venture. This preliminary assessment will help you to plan and make decisions regarding future activities.

Proposal and Plan Review

We can act as your appointed representatives with real estate developers and brokers and help your community decide whether, and if, it is time to sell. We can also advise you regarding the terms for selling the property, and help you solicit other competitive proposals. With our assistance, you can determine the "best" solution in terms of your mission, membership and ministries.

Highest and Best Use/Valuation Studies

This tool will give your leadership a comprehensive look at the "what ifs" by examining scenarios that include different ways to develop and use your land and facilities. These may relate directly and indirectly to the best use of your property to achieve your objectives.

Facilities Planning

Facilities are often one of the largest items on the financial statements of an organization and one of the biggest ongoing expense items. It is important to get the most out of your facilities from efficiency and a utilization perspective. We have many success stories of under-utilized facilities or those in disrepair that have been evaluated and revitalized to increase the overall capacity and effectiveness of the owners

Property and Facility Utilization Studies

Property and facility utilization studies are decision-making tools that identify which properties are underutilized and what can be done to refocus them on your core mission or to provide an alternative benefit to the organization. These studies provide you with useful information and recommendations such as whether a facility should be replaced, renovated, or sold, as well as the investment required to address key issues such as renovations and repairs.

Property Preservation Programs

The Church, religious congregations, and other nonprofit organizations are no longer safe from the devastating financial impacts of legal actions resulting from injuries and other liabilities. Our professionals can help you assess and minimize risks that will protect your property.

• Facility assessment
• Operational/insurance Reviews
• Ownership options/real estate trusts
• Tenant agreements
• Security review

Facility Management and Budgeting Services

To make maximum use of your facilities, a capital planning and budgeting program is needed to continually modernize repair and/or renovate your facilities. To enable you to focus on your core mission, our team acts as day to day managers or advisors to:

• Coordinate planning and budgeting efforts
• Provide detailed implementation strategies
• Manage the design and construction/repair process

Construction Management

Construction management can be complicated, time consuming and excessively expensive. Our role is to represent our client, the owner, with the contractor, subcontractors, architect and other parties involved and to simplify the process and save the owner time and money. In addition, we oversee construction to see that things are being done appropriately and according to plan with regard to quality, time lines and costs.

Project Management Services

We represent our clients as the owner's representative or project manager through every step of the design/development process. Whether new construction or renovation, we assist our clients in making timely and informed decisions that avoid costly delays, expensive change orders and diminished quality. We offer assistance in:

• Contractor and architect selection
• Design concept development and testing
• Project budgeting and financial packaging
• Quality management and construction oversight

Property Sales and Acquisitions

The sale of surplus property involves more than receiving the highest price. Our experienced consultants will work with you to find the best fit for your property. Our alliances with foundations and organizations will help you develop or renovate your surplus property and facilities in a manner that supports your mission, such as low income/elderly housing, social service centers, and health care facilities. We can also assist you in finding, researching, and evaluating property for purchase, lease or development to meet your changing needs and mission.     

Negotiations Support

When you are buying, selling or leasing property, hiring a contractor or taking out a loan, you must negotiate with lay and nonreligious. Our experts can assist and support you in your negotiations to ensure that your community's interests are protected. We provide the expertise needed to:

• Buy/sell/lease decisions/broker selection
• Vendor and contractor negotiations
• Developer recruitment

Financial Packaging

Our other service professionals are utilized to develop a package which helps organizations to optimize their financial resources to acquire, build or renovate facilities and to more easily develop, borrow and payoff required capital expenditures.