As the corporate operating environment around the globe hardened over the last 36 months, companies have moved from a focus on cost control to a higher demand for maximum productivity and smart growth, according to the inaugural Jones Lang LaSalle and Thomson Reuters' Corporate Real Estate Global Survey. According to the report, as companies emerge from the global financial crisis they are seeking to restructure and plan for a new economic era, which is placing more pressure and scrutiny on the productive use of CRE.