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.
Dublin is facing an invasion of international businesses and retail chains pushing rents to record highs and forcing a fresh wave of office developments. According to the commercial property consultancy, CBRE Ireland, prime office rents in Dublin 2 and 4... Read More
Three years after rescuing a Park Avenue office tower from default Vornado Realty Trust has put the Manahattan property on the market. Vornado — which has a stake in more than 20m square feet of Manhattan office space — has instructed Eastdil Secured to... Read More
One of Washington’s landmark hotels has been sold and moth balled prior to a multi-million dollar redevelopment. Details surrounding the sale by Stanford Hotels Corporation of its L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in downtown Washington D.C. are still sketchy with new... Read More
Vancouver's downtown building boom will create much-needed office space in the city. Mayor Gregor Robertson broke ground recently on The Exchange, a $200 million, 31-storey Credit Suisse office tower in the financial district. It is one of seven buildings... Read More
An estimated $1.4 trillion in commercial mortgages are due to mature between 2014 and 2017 and, according to a year-end report from real estate analysts Trepp, lenders and investors could be in for a flood of refinancing that could result in challenges for... Read More
Colliers International is inviting offers of £424m for one of its prestige Singapore seafront re-developments sites. The Collyer Quay site is currently occupied by The Arcade, a 20-storey retail and office complex. Completed in 1981, the building has three... Read More
The United States has scooped the first ever ranking of the world’s “most dynamic” locations with six of its cities taking top 20 places. First place in the debut City Momentum Index, organised and published by Jones Lang LaSalle, went to San... Read More
The Dutch economy — which has gone through three recessions since the 2007 start of the financial crisis — is finally growing again. Boosted by rising property prices and consumer confidence, all the signs are there for a lasting recovery said Dutch... Read More
Spain — one of Europe’s recession black spots — is at last benefiting from an economic and property upturn, a new report claims. The financial services provider JP Morgan predicts the country’s economy is set to grow by one per cent this year on the... Read More
Without a single standard of measurement in use worldwide, it is challenging for buyers and sellers to get a firm handle on overseas property markets. That situation will change shortly, as a new global standard will be implemented later this... 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.
