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.
As workers put the finishing touches to Europe’s biggest office complex, there are growing fears in France that a new property boom is underway — before the previous bust has ended. The Majunga Tower is a 45-storey block nearing completion at La... Read More
In 1991 there were just 5,000 people living Sydney’s central business district. At the end of last year more than 22,000 had taken up residence among the office blocks. And that figure looks set to rise by at least another 5,000 in the next five years as... Read More
Kodak — which emerged from bankruptcy last autumn — has puts its 1,200-acre Eastman Business Park on the market. Although it refuses to name an asking price for the New York state site Kodak says it will use the money to focus on its commercial imaging... Read More
Analysts around the world are involved in a debate over whether the Canadian commercial real estate market, which has been red-hot in recent years, is heading for a crash. The country's pension funds, insurance companies, and real estate investment... Read More
Foreign investment in Manhattan reached a record $5.5bn (£3.3bn) last year — nearly twice the previous 2007 high-water mark — with Chinese companies leading the charge. According to real estate brokerage Colliers International, not only did... Read More
International computer company Hewlett-Packard has commissioned a new multi-million dollar high-tech complex in Singapore. The project will be undertaken by Mapletree Industrial Trust and is thought to be the republic’s biggest single commercial... Read More
Work has started on an iconic Cyprus office block which the developers claim will change the face of Limassol and be the tallest building on the holiday island’s south coast. Situated in the heart of Limassol — just 100 metres from the sea and the... Read More
The Irish government must look beyond the signs of recovery to ensure the wrong kind of construction does not prompt another property bubble, a senior agent has warned. There are already signs Ireland’s property market is getting out of control,... Read More
Just five months after Wal-Mart pulled out of India because of “regulatory issues” Tesco has confirmed it intends to open a chain of stores on the sub-continent. The Indian government has already approved the plan. The British company is the first... Read More
According to the advisory company Forton, €130M is expected to be invested in the Bulgarian commercial property market this year. Last year, the country saw acquisitions worth €54M. This figure was 26 per cent higher than the previous year. The... 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.
