Property Clock chimes Six for Serbia

Serbia - Respondents to Colliers International’s 2010 Global Investor Sentiment Survey from Serbia view the market as near the bottom, putting the recovery at 6 o’clock on the “Global Property Clock.” Respondents also expect the Serbian market to reach 7 o’clock within 12 months.
Thursday, 15. April 2010

European prime rents stabilize across all sectors

Europe - Prime rents stabilised across Europe during the first three months of 2010, with the majority of markets showing little or no change in any sector, according to CB Richard Ellis’s latest EMEA Rent and Yield Indices. This was evident in the Dublin market, where rents in...
Monday, 12. April 2010
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Retail sector dominates European corporate property sales market for first time, with 44% share

Europe - Sales of high street bank branches boost retail property sales. Italy and Spain prominent in European corporate real estate disposals in 2009.
Monday, 12. April 2010

Sales of high street bank branches boost retail property sales

Europe - Dominated in its early days by city centre office disposals, the corporate real estate sales market has seen some significant sectoral shifts in recent years. In 2009, the retail sector dominated this market for the first...
Friday, 09. April 2010

ULI announces 14 finalists for the 2010 awards

UK - Fourteen outstanding developments have been selected as finalists in the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Awards for Excellence: Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) competition, widely recognized as the land use industry’s...
Tuesday, 06. April 2010

Colliers International secures offices for Bloomberg, Dunav Pension Fund, Bank of Cyprus and Verat net

Serbia - Colliers International’s Commercial Department has successfully closed several deals over the past month. Namely, Colliers assisted with opening the headquarters for Bloomberg in Serbia, the relocation of Dunav Pension...
Wednesday, 31. March 2010

Resolutions are under way to bridge the European debt funding gap

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...
Tuesday, 30. March 2010

Development of shopping centres still declining to a low point in 2011

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...
Tuesday, 30. March 2010

Investors continue to target core Central European markets and Moscow

Russia - The Central & Eastern European (CEE) commercial real estate investment market recorded a provisional €275 million turnover in the first two months of 2010, according to the most recent research by CB Richard Ellis. This is...
Wednesday, 24. March 2010

European logistics investment €6.2bn in 2009, 26% down on previous year

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)...
Thursday, 18. March 2010
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Falling industrial rents reflect global slump in demand for goods

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 &...
Tuesday, 16. March 2010

Opportunistic real estate funds raise $17 billion globally

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...
Tuesday, 16. March 2010

Deichmann opts for direct investment in Serbia as franchise activity in CEE hots up

Serbia - Plans by German brand Deichmann, one of the leading shoe retailers in Europe, to move into Serbia should act as a catalyst for other retailers to follow suit, says property consultancy King Sturge, but most are likely to...
Monday, 15. March 2010

Central Europe boosts industrial real estate market

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...
Tuesday, 09. March 2010

European housing showing signs of recovery

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).
Monday, 08. March 2010
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