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.
CBRE has published a research report entitled, U.S. Tech-Twenty: Measuring Office Market Impact, which shows that high-tech employment growth has played a pivotal role in the recovery of the office market. It has also helped to generate rent increases... Read More
Private investors in the Canadian commercial property market outstripped the country’s big pension funds in the last quarter, overturning the prevailing trend of the previous quarter. In the first quarter of 2014, pension funds dominated the market,... Read More
A German investment fund has paid £74m for Auckland's landmark Lumley Centre office block in what is claimed to be New Zealand’s biggest commercial deal for more than six years. One of only five premium office towers in the North Island city, the... Read More
The City of Cape Town has announced that it is considering offering the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation a long-term lease on The Granary. The building, which was built in 1812, is one of the oldest and most important historical structures in the... Read More
A surge in west coast leasing by high-tech companies looks set to make San Francisco the most expensive US office location. According to brokers CBRE, it will be the first time in more than a decade that Manhattan has lost its number one spot as America’s... Read More
The US Senate has agreed to extend a government-backed insurance scheme to compensate commercial property owners in the event of a terrorist attack. First introduced in 2002, the scheme was devised to calm the insurance markets after the 11 September... Read More
The office vacancy rate in Canada’s capital has hit 10.6 per cent, according to the latest office report released by Colliers International. Vacancy rates were up in all sub-markets in Q2 of this year, except for the fringe core, which includes... Read More
Sales of Melbourne commercial real estate have nearly doubled over the year to June, according to agents. During the last financial year, more than $6.6 billion in retail, industrial, and office transactions were finalized, compared with $3.77 billion... Read More
A group of US lenders is focusing on loans for smaller properties, which is good news for ‘mom and pop’ type investors. These lenders, including ones controlled by Guggenheim Partners LLC, Sabal Financial Group LLC, and Waterfall Asset Management,... Read More
Internet giant Google — better known for buying out internet rivals and software companies — has now turned its attention to commercial property. In the second quarter of this year alone it spent $2.6bn (£15.4bn) on capital expenditure. Although... 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.
