Knight Frank's Education Advisory team consists of seasoned professionals with expertise in school operations, finance, and real estate, specialising in K-12 education, vocational training, and special education. Leveraging in-depth local market insights and the strength of our global network, we deliver a thorough understanding of the complexities and challenges facing the education sector.
Our comprehensive services include market entry strategies, operational consultancy, and transaction support, tailored to meet the needs of operators, investors, property owners, developers, and capital market participants.
Our Services
Pre-Concept & Business Planning
- Development Advisory
- Defining the concept
- Understanding the market
- Site location and competition analysis
- Business plan
- Financial feasibility
Education Start-Up
- Pre-opening & Management
- Advising on concept designs and space programming
- Talent acquisition support
- Academic planning, licensing, accreditations
- Curriculum and learning strategy
- Marketing & admissions strategy
- Operational planning
Academic Operations
- Quality review
- Leadership & coaching
- Learning & pedagogy
- Digital strategy, AI & transformation
- Self-evaluation & accreditations
- Finance & operations
Transaction Services
- Transaction Advisory
- Commercial due diligence
- Operator search and selection
- Public-private partnership
- Acquisition and disposal advisory
- Sale and leaseback
- Identification & evaluation of investment opportunities in GCC & Europe
- Assistance in raising capital
- Valuation Advisory
- Real estate valuation
- Plant and equipment valuation
- Market rent assessment
- Project and Building Consultancy
- Technical due diligence
- Reinstatement costing assessments
- Planned maintenance
- Dilapidations ancillary services
- Project & cost management
- Engineering design & sustainability