Strategier för positionering av kontorslokaler

Sammanfattning: The report aims to examine how property owners position themselves to reach their target market, and which strategies they use when positioning their product. The investigation has been carried out mainly in the form of a case study in which a number of interviews with Stockholm real estate companies has been conducted, focusing on commercial property market segment. The interviews have resulted in identification of common and specific strategies among the companies. These strategies have been analyzed in the light of the theory by Philip Kotler and Kevin Lane Keller, focusing on how an offer should be designed to reach a competitive position. It can be concluded that positioning is a key activity for successfully addressing the target market. Successful positioning mandates three key requirements to be met; determining the category to which the offer belongs, identifying similarities and differences compared to the competitors and developing a brand mantra. The result of the case study concludes that the property companies work similar in many ways. Furthermore a key prerequisite is to work with environment and sustainability as well as to focus on delivering on strategy execution of keeping a close relationship with the tenants. The results also show that main ways of working do not differ extensively between studied companies, except focusing on different target groups. Some companies have also indicated lack of clarity in defining their target group