Europe -
The debt funding gap across Europe is expected to reach €115bn over the next two years said DTZ Research in its latest report issued today. This gap varies across countries, but 56% of the European debt funding gap is...
UK -
The rate of development of new shopping centre space in Europe slowed considerably in 2009. It is unlikely that development levels will pick up before 2012 at the earliest, says real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield in...
Europe -
Direct investment in European industrial markets totalled €6.2billion in 2009, reflecting an annual decline of 26% but less than the 38% fall across all asset classes. Investment volumes in the second half of 2009 (H2)...
Global Report -
Commercial rents on industrial property fell by an average of 5.5% in 2009 following an unprecedented fall in consumer demand for goods during the global recession. This global measure of economic performance in Cushman &...
Global Report -
Equity raising by opportunistic real estate funds jumped to US$17 billion globally in the second-half of 2009, but the final capital closes for 26 nonlisted vehicles came only after very extended marketing periods. There...
UK -
Central Europe continues to play a significant role on the industrial real estate map, and despite the rebalancing of the global economy, the market saw a number of major transactions; last year, around 1.5 million square...
UK -
Signs of recovery are visible in some European housing markets, especially in sales levels and prices, says the latest RICS European Housing Review launched today in Brussels (2 March 2010).
UK -
According to Cushman & Wakefield’s 2010 Global Investment Atlas, which monitors investment flows in commercial property in 56 countries, global investment volumes are forecast to rise 30% this year, hitting $478bn...
UK -
The effects of the economic crisis on demand for office space varied across the world’s major office markets in 2009, and there are now widespread differences in their rental characteristics, according to CB Richard Ellis’ (CBRE) new Global Office Rental Cycle report....
Europe -
London began 2010 as it ended 2009, with, by far, the highest Gross Operating Profit per Available Room (GOPPAR) across the sample of European cities in the latest HotStats survey from TRI Hospitality Consulting.
Europe -
Office take-up in the main European cities is to rise moderately by 9% in 2010, according to BNP Paribas Real Estate. The leading global property adviser also forecast that the investment market will rise sharply with...
International -
Simon Property Group, Inc. announced that it has made a written offer to acquire General Growth Properties, Inc. in a fully financed transaction valued at more than $10 billion (approx. €7.26 bln.), including approximately...
UK -
CB Richard Ellis has strengthened its Global Corporate Services (GCS) team in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region with the appointment of Senior Directors Paul Copeland and Ralph Holland.
Poland -
Bonarka City Center, the Hungarian majority owned TriGranit’s latest development was awarded by the property professionals. The largest urban center in southern Poland...
UK -
Flexibility of buildings and leases in the industrial and logistics property market has become vital in response to shorter business planning horizons and in order to suit...
