Worldwide Property News


While our primary focus is the UK commercial property market we will occasionally carry international stories. In the Worldwide News category you can read articles exploring global market developments or looking at a particular overseas commercial property story that has caught our attention.


Canadian Investors enjoy Bumper January in US Commercial Market

Posted on 14 February, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets, Worldwide Property News

The drop in the value of the Canadian dollar has not curbed the appetite of Canadian commercial investors for property south of the border. According to a survey cited by the Financial Post, early results indicate that US$ 2.75 billion has already been... Read More

Crowd Funding Platform offers Individual Investors a $5,000 Slice of 3 World Trade Center

Posted on 3 February, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Developments, Top Properties, Worldwide Property News

Fundrise, a leading real estate crowd funding platform, is offering individual investors the opportunity to own a slice of 3 World Trade Center. In what is described as a one-of-a-kind investment opportunity, small investors will be able to buy a... Read More

Dalian Wanda to invest $1 Billion in Sydney Property Development

Posted on 1 February, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Dalian Wanda Group, China’s largest commercial real estate conglomerate, has announced that it is investing $1 billion in a development located near Sydney Harbour. This will be Wanda’s second large investment in Australia. The investment amount... Read More

Bouwinvest acquires Dutch Assets

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Institutional real estate manager Bouwinvest Real Estate Investment Management has purchased the Rotterdam World Trade Center and the Citroën buildings in Amsterdam. The Rotterdam World Trade Center is a 398,000 sq ft of office and events building... Read More

CBRE orchestrates Miami Land Sale

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

CBRE has negotiated the sale of a prime parcel of land in downtown Miami for the sum of $8.7 million an acre. The commercial real estate services firm was acting on behalf of BDB Miami LLC when the vacant 7.35 acre development site in the Edgewater... Read More

Online Rivals driving Commercial Property Demand in India

Posted on 31 January, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Amazon and its local rivals are responsible for propelling a boom in commercial property leasing in India. The company leases space as its storage needs increase, and shoppers are turning to the Internet to buy everything from big ticket items like... Read More

ARK Development to build Animal Handling Cargo Terminal at JFK Airport

Posted on 25 January, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

New York’s JFK International Airport will be home to the world’s only privately owned animal handling cargo terminal under the terms of a 30-year lease signed between Racebrook Capital and the Port Authority of New York (PANYNJ). Racebook is the developer... Read More

Low Inflation benefits US Commercial Real Estate Market

Posted on 24 January, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

During 2014, the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by only 0.8 per cent. Recent figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that it went down by 0.4 percent in December. Much of the December decrease has been attributed to falling... Read More

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board makes Initial Investment in San Francisco

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets, Worldwide Property News

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has decided to make its first direct investment in San Francisco’s office market by purchasing a 45 per cent stake in 1455 Market St from Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. The purchase price was reportedly... Read More

Fund Managers fear Japanese Commercial Property Prices are nearing Peak

Posted on 21 January, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Axa Real Estate (Axa) is concerned that Japanese commercial property prices may be close to their peak. The fifth-largest property fund in the world is looking at the recent increase in real estate values due to the government’s efforts to put an end... Read More

Learn more about our Worldwide Property category

The ups and downs of the international commercial property market are closely related to the global economy. However the picture is not always uniform. While demand can be low in one country it can outstrip supply in another.

In this category we report on these trends and the outlook for the occupier and investment markets in Europe, the Far East and elsewhere. We also cover individual commercial property stories from around the world.

These might be articles looking at office developments in global financial centres like New York, Paris and Frankfurt. Equally they could focus on worldwide retail, industrial or leisure developments. You will also find related human interest stories in this category.