# Real Estate Management in Government Notes on how public properties are managed, used, and transformed — from administrative buildings and land portfolios. ## Entries **09/04/2025**: ​**France's 2025 proposal to create a government agency implementing a tenant-landlord model for ministries postponed**. In 2025, the French government proposed creating [Agile (Agence de l'Immobilier de l'État)](https://immobilier-etat.gouv.fr/pages/lagile), a state-owned public company intended to centralize the management of approximately 94 million square meters of state-owned real estate. The plan involved transforming ministries into tenants, requiring them to pay rent for their occupied spaces, aiming to optimize space utilization and encourage energy-efficient renovations. However, the Constitutional Council deemed the amendment for Agile's creation within the finance bill [unconstitutional](https://acteurspublics.fr/articles/budget-2025-le-conseil-constitutionnel-retoque-le-projet-de-creation-dune-fonciere-de-letat/), leading to the postponement of its establishment.​ Other countries employ a similar strategy using a centralized tenant-landlord model (_Mieter-Vermieter-Modell_). In these frameworks, government ministries and agencies function as tenants, paying rent to a central property agency that owns and manages the public buildings. Examples include the [Rijksvastgoedbedrijf](https://www.rijksvastgoedbedrijf.nl/) (Netherlands), BLB NRW ([Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb NRW](https://www.blb.nrw.de/), North Rhine-Westphalia), [Sprinkenhof GmbH](https://www.sprinkenhof.de/asset-management/mieter-vermieter-modell) (Hamburg), and [Berliner Immobilienmanagement GmbH](https://www.bim-berlin.de/) (Berlin). Variations exist, with some governments utilizing agencies like Colombia's [Agencia Nacional Inmobiliaria](https://www.agenciavirgiliobarco.gov.co/Pages/default.aspx) and Argentina's [Agencia de Administración de Bienes del Estado](https://www.argentina.gob.ar/bienesdelestado), which may not act comprehensively as landlords but serve key functions as real estate developers and asset managers for selected public properties.