Turkey - Forum Istanbul, the largest shopping and lifestyle center in Turkey opened November 2009. Other key anchors include IKEA, Real, Praktiker, Turkuazoo, Decathlon , AFM...

UK - DTZ’s flagship Money into Property report predicts that the worst of the property slump is over and forecasts that global invested stock will grow by 5 per cent in 2010. European invested stock is expected to rise by 4 per cent this year as capital values continue their...

Turkey - Avi Alkas, Chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle in Turkey has been awarded the a Distinguished Service Award for his work as a Board Member of the International Council of Shopping Center’s (ICSC) ICSC European Advisory Board and the ICSC European and Global Awards Jury.

Turkey - Amstar and Renaissance Development celebrated during April the grand opening of Kozzy Shopping Center, the Kadikoy district’s newest neighborhood retail project offering...

UK - The recovery in global real estate markets is playing out rapidly in 2010, faster than forecast at the end of last year, and has now reached a crucial inflection point in terms of sustaining momentum, ING Real Estate Investment Management (ING REIM) said in its latest...

UK/Turkey - The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) announced that four European shopping centres are amongst the winners in the Best-of-the-Best Award global awards. Two in Turkey and Two in the United Kingdom.

Turkey - Istanbul's western suburbs are set to receive a further boost with the announcement of plans to build a new marina worth $16 million.

Europe - According to the latest update from Cushman & Wakefield, European commercial property was buoyed in Q1 by further growth in demand, particularly from foreign players, improving debt market sentiment, increased interest in...

Turkey - Aerium announces the successful refinancing of its Turkish retail portfolio, Bainbridge Capital Retail Properties (“Bainbridge”), with Turkey’s largest merchant bank, Akbank. The refinancing has enabled Aerium to secure...

Global Report - Cushman & Wakefield issued its global Economic Pulse reports for May 2010 which analyze global economic trends in the Americas, Europe, and Asia and the implications for business investment and commercial real estate...

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...

UK - Direct commercial real estate transaction volumes in EMEA in Q1 2010 reached €20 billion, according to Jones Lang LaSalle. This was 75% up on Q1 2009 (€12 billion) but 15% below the previous quarter Q4 2009 (€25 billion)....

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...

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

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...