Meanwhile Use

Every Asset should Earn ..

Every vacant property is quietly eroding your balance sheet and reducing your authority’s financial resilience. Meanwhile use turns dormant assets into income, lowers holding costs and strengthens future capital value while remaining fully compliant with governance and Section 123 obligations. At Civicstar we provide disciplined, commercially informed activation strategies that protect your options and accelerate capital receipts. This is not temporary or experimental. We ensure every asset is working as hard as it can for your authority while safeguarding long term redevelopment or disposal plans. The cost of inactivity is visible now more than ever and doing nothing is no longer neutral. With the right approach and the right expertise every property can deliver measurable financial performance and reduce risk. Stop leaving value on the table and take control of your estate today.

  • A dormant asset is not simply waiting it is costing. Security, insurance, deterioration, opportunity cost and reputational drag all erode value. Structured meanwhile activation turns non-performing space into income-generating risk-managed assets while protecting long term disposal or redevelopment options.

  • If an asset will not transact within the next 12 to 36 months it should be contributing. We design commercially structured meanwhile strategies that generate interim revenue reduce holding costs and strengthen eventual capital value without compromising governance.

  • Meanwhile use is not pop-up improvisation. It is disciplined asset activation aligned to capital strategy Section 123 duties and MTFS assumptions. Done properly it protects options demonstrates market demand and positions assets more strongly for disposal.

  • Our meanwhile models are licence-based transparent and time-limited. They preserve redevelopment rights align with best consideration requirements and reduce unmanaged drift turning risk exposure into managed performance.

  • Activation is not just about space it is about capability. We provide specialist commercial expertise to bridge the gap between estates capacity and strategic intent ensuring that capital strategies deliver measurable financial outcomes.