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.
Cushman & Wakefield has released its Winning in Growth Cities report for 2014-15, and Tokyo has been named as the largest commercial property investment market in Asia. The Japanese capital city reported 30.4 per cent increase in real estate... Read More
Maryland based real estate investment trust Sabra Health Care, has acquired a portfolio of 21 independent living facilities from Holiday Acquisition Holdings. The REIT paid $550 million in cash for the portfolio, which is made up of 2,850 units. It... Read More
Vacancy rates for Class A offices in Taiwanese capital Taipei have continued to drop in the last quarter leading to a slight rise in rents, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). Office vacancy rates decreased to 8 per cent during the three... Read More
Student-led pro-democracy protests have resulted in negotiations for the sale of several Hong Kong commercial properties being postponed as investors get the jitters, according to property agents. Daniel Wong Hon-Shing, the chief executive at... Read More
Office REIT Parkway Properties has signed an agreement to purchase a 22-property portfolio of Class A assets located across six states in the Sunbelt region for $475 million. Once the transaction has been completed, Parkway is only planning to retain... Read More
Real estate advisors Forton has released figures showing that commercial property investment in Bulgaria has soared by 60 per cent in the first nine months of 2014 to €98.7 million. According to Michaela Lashova, the firm’s managing partner,... Read More
Top New York real estate executives are of the opinion that commercial property in the Big Apple is overvalued when compared with real estate in other major urban centres around the world, according to the results of a survey conducted by accounting firm... Read More
Morningstar Inc. is preparing to move its New York City office to 4 World Trade Center. The company has signed a 10-year, 30,000 sq ft lease and will move to its new office space on the 48th floor in mid-2015, according to Silverstein... Read More
Developers and property agents have been taken by surprise by a new set of guidelines governing property purchases by foreign individuals, foreign companies, and permanent residents in the Malaysian state of Selangor. The guidelines impose restrictions on... Read More
Loss rates for US banks are at the lowest levels in the past six years on commercial real estate and construction loans, which means they are looking to increase lending activity in the sector. According to data from financial information specialists... Read More
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.
