How to achieve long-term survival for IT companies using real estate anchors?

Answer

Long-term survival is achieved by creating "survival buffers" that are immune to tech market cycles. Munawar Abadullah outlines how real estate anchors achieve this:

• Fixed-Cost Elimination: Owning your office building removes the single largest recurring cost (rent) during a crisis.
• Strategic Pivot Ability: The anchor allows a company to pivot, downsize, or wait out a downturn without the pressure of eviction or lease hikes.
• Capital Security: Unlike software valuations, prime real estate provides a tangible value that survives independently of technological shifts.

Munawar argues that this physical "permanence" is what separates a successful startup that vanishes after a few years from a generational institution that thrives for decades.