Corporations looking to real estate purely for cost cutting face major financial and operational risks

Long a go-to for corporate cost cutting, corporate real estate has turned a corner and is becoming a solid productivity driver, with CEOs starting to reap the rewards of enhanced revenue, shareholder value and employee performance. A new... more...

Tuesday, 30. April 2013

Challenging times in Europe’s commercial property market

The latest RICS Global Commercial Property Survey suggests that sentiment towards real estate markets generally remains positive away from the euro area and Central and Eastern Europe, where occupier activity is still falling and the... more...

Friday, 26. April 2013

Study: Renewed Interest for Investors in Ireland

The so-called PIIGS countries (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) are again offering institutional investors with value-add strategies opportunities in the real estate market, concludes a new analysis performed by Patrizia... more...

Thursday, 25. April 2013

Global shift in shopping centre ownership

Retail investment opportunities exist across Turkey and Russia but investors' appetite still hasn't recovered for areas still considered higher up the risk scale, delegates heard from a panel session discussing global shifts in shopping... more...

Wednesday, 24. April 2013

European commercial property at best value for 10 years

European commercial property pricing has reached its most attractive level for investment in almost 10 years, according to research from DTZ. more...

Wednesday, 10. April 2013

Growth in new retail distribution networks to drive massive demand for logistics space

European retailers will need up to 25 million square metres of additional logistics space over the next five years, according to a new report by Jones Lang LaSalle. This equates to five million square metres of logistics space each year... more...

Thursday, 4. April 2013

Germany is top target for real estate investors in 2013

Germany is the number one target for European property investors in 2013, while London stands out as the single most attractive city for the second consecutive year, according to the latest research by CBRE. more...

Wednesday, 3. April 2013

A tale of two European economies

Although the worst of the economic crisis seems to be over, a recovery is not yet around the corner. Office rental growth continues to stagnate and both the occupier and investment markets remain highly polarised with a preference for... more...

Tuesday, 26. March 2013

Active European lenders increase by nearly a third in 12 months

In the past 12 months, the number of active European real estate lenders has increased by 29% – according to data published today in Cushman & Wakefield’s European Real Estate Lending Survey 2013. For the survey, 109 leading global... more...

Wednesday, 13. March 2013

Pan-European funds continue to grow despite weak 2012 performance

The Q4 2012 results of the IPD Pan-European Property Fund Index, released at MIPIM in Cannes today, showed overall returns at -2% for 2012, the third consecutive quarter of negative performance. Clearly these funds have been suffering... more...

Tuesday, 12. March 2013

2013 could go down as the year of the hotel portfolio deal

In contrast to the views of some forecasters, 2013 could see good news on the horizon for the European hotel sector — with major portfolio deals to the fore, says Chris Day, International Managing Director of specialist property... more...

Thursday, 7. March 2013

ALFI condemns Financial Transaction Tax

ALFI, the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, rejects the European Commission proposal for a Council Directive implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax, published on 14 February 2013. more...

Thursday, 7. March 2013

Investor caution restrains hotel values but Paris and London show rise

Investors in Europe’s hotel market are still being cautious over purchases keeping the value of hotels across the sector virtually unchanged on 2011 levels. The 2013 European Hotel Valuation Index (HVI), published last week by hotel... more...

Monday, 4. March 2013

IFMA: Working from home vs. office

The International Facility Management Association (IFMA), the world’s foremost authority on effective facility management strategies, is helping to reshape the way organizations think about their workplaces. The traditional notion of... more...

Wednesday, 27. February 2013

EMEA office report highlights North/South divide

Although the worst of the economic crisis seems to be over, a recovery is not yet around the corner. Office rental growth continues to stagnate and both the occupier and investment markets remain highly polarised with a preference for... more...

Tuesday, 19. February 2013

Survey: Users left outside the sustainability loop

Users continue to be overlooked as part of the sustainability equation. The potential economic advantages of owners and property users working together on green issues is still given far too little consideration in the sustainability... more...

Monday, 11. February 2013

Industry confidence up sharply says International Council of Shopping Centres

The New Year has brought confidence in the European shopping-centre industry, according to the International Council of Shopping Center’s (ICSC) Euro-shop Index, its pan-European survey of shopping centre industry business conditions.... more...

Friday, 8. February 2013

TMT sector continues to emerge as key office occupier group across Western Europe

Technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) companies are set to become one of the leading and most active occupier groups across Western Europe, according to research conducted by BNP Paribas Real Estate. more...

Friday, 1. February 2013

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