About Us

The Planning, Real Estate and Space Management (PRES) group ensures campus space stewardship that fulfills the University’s shared vision and unique value proposition. PRES assists campus partners with master planning and space management, allocation, and utilization. PRES maintains the University’s space inventory data, building records and archives, and oversees the University’s real estate portfolio in furtherance of the University’s mission.

Planning, Real Estate and Space Management engages stakeholders across every facet of the University, with particular attention to Reynolda Campus, Wake Downtown, and Real Estate properties, seeking solutions for immediate, interim and strategic space needs.

Karen Hart Huey, Associate Vice President of Planning, Real Estate, and Space Management, oversees these efforts.

Campus Planning

Real Estate (Wake Forest Properties)

Space Management

Buildings, Space, and Archives

Scope of Work & Responsibilities

Campus Planning

Campus Planning collaborates with students, faculty, staff, and the community to promote smart growth and informed decision-making. Campus Planning ensures that information about the University’s history, current initiatives, and future plans for campus development is accessible and well-documented. Campus Planning involves a variety of plans and studies that meet both long-term and short-term needs, covering everything from campus-wide developments to individual building assessments.

Wake Forest Properties

Joining facilities in 2024 Wake Forest Properties oversees real estate functions on behalf of the University.  Wake Forest Properties (WFP) manages and leases approximately 1 million square feet of University owned office, retail, and residential properties.  WFP oversees the University’s strategic acquisition and disposition of real property. WFP evaluates potential gift properties prior to University acceptance and then oversee management, acquisition and disposition of the properties.  Wake Forest Properties also oversees leasing off-campus properties for University departments when needed.  As the University’s real estate specialists, WFP is a resource for constituents across campus in a wide range of real estate related matters.

Space Management 

Space Management assists campus partners and capital projects with space allocations by identifying immediate and long-term needs and opportunities, developing and implementing guidelines, and ensuring data systems integrity. Space Management focuses on space data, standards, programming, and management, providing a comprehensive planning framework aligned to University priorities.

Buildings, Space and Archives

Buildings, Space and Archives maintain all of the University’s building plans and associated data. This includes the building floor plans, campus site plans, the Archibus space database as well as the archive of historical building data. Buildings, Space and Archives also assists our campus partners and outside vendors in accessing and navigating the University’s comprehensive repository of space and building information.

Buildings, Space and Archives Project Collaboration

The installation of new garden planter boxes at Reynolda Gardens was a successful collaboration, with the Space Planning team playing a crucial role. In-house construction’s original design idea along with Space Planning’s planning and measurements proved invaluable, enabling the WFU Facilities’ in-house construction team to build and install the planters. The team’s contributions ensured the project’s success and fulfilled Reynolda Gardens’ need for updated garden arrangements.

In Memory of Patrick “Pat” Johnston

By the Numbers

Wake Forest Properties (WFP) manages many properties, including the historic Reynolda Village (23 historic buildings, fully leased with 28 retail and 22 office tenants), making it a top tourist destination in Winston-Salem. WFP also manages 30 houses and 23 Condos with 170 bedrooms leased to WFU graduate students. Additionally, Wake Forest Properties has been purchasing Paschal Drive condominiums (originally faculty retirement housing) on behalf of the University since 2013, currently owning 23 of 26 units. Finally, WFP manages and leases 21 small commercial buildings on Reynolda Road and Henning Drive, housing approximately 40 office tenants. Jenny Bush is the Director of Wake Forest Properties.

Buildings, Space and Archives tracks over 6 million square feet for the University. This includes 3.7 million square feet on the Reynolda Campus with its 87 buildings sitting on 321 acres.