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.
Wanda Commercial Properties,the Chinese real estate developer, has agreed to buy a 90% share in a Chicago waterfront project. The site will include high-end residential units, as well as commercial space and a hotel. The company chairman has said that... Read More
The International Property Measurement Standards Coalition, a nonprofit group made up of 45 national and international real estate organizations, is seeking to put into effect a standard system of measurement for the worldwide office market. The goal... Read More
Visual Mobile Technologies, a California startup, has completed beta testing of software that will allow property managers to document issues and manage maintenance workflow. The product, called vMobile Collaborator, which users have been able to... Read More
CBRE Global Investors has sold a 13-storey office block in the heart of Singapore’s central business district for $172m (£100m) — less than three years after it paid just $148m (£86m) for the property. Anson House was bought by Frankfurt-based... Read More
The skylines of China’s rapidly growing cities are constantly changing as new construction projects are progressing. New office buildings, retail malls, and housing projects are being built at such a rapid rate that, according to CBRE, of the... Read More
Bayleys Research says that a healthy level of investor interest in New Zealand has pushed commercial property yields below the 5% mark in Queenstown. The latest report on the district's property market notes that the CBD in general is sought after, but... Read More
First it was the world’s tallest building, then a hotel shaped like a sail. Now, even before work has finished on its palm tree shaped archipelago of luxury properties, Dubai has unveiled plans for its biggest project yet - the world’s largest shopping... Read More
U.S. commercial real estate services provider, Cassidy Turley, reports that demand for office space in that country rose sharply in the second quarter of this year. It also stated that development of new office buildings is "accelerating." U.S. office... Read More
As the economic recovery continues to take hold throughout Europe, a number of hotly anticipated new retail developments have sprung up to boost local economies. One of the most exciting is the Mall of Scandinavia, in Stockholm, which has been given... Read More
The four-way partnership which owns a 26-storey office and retail building on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue has to agreed sell the prestige property for a reported $595m (£349m). The current owners of 530 Fifth Avenue — Rockwood Capital, Jamestown,... 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.
