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.
US financial institutions that foreclose on commercial properties may find themselves in a position where they are liable if the site requires an environmental cleanup. This problem has been made worse by the global financial crisis. According to... Read More
Several major industry groups have joined in protest against proposed new parking charges in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), including the Real Property Association of Canada, the International Council of Shopping Centres and the Building Owners and Managers... Read More
Dutch pension fund service provider PGGM Private Real Estate Fund has entered into a new venture with IAGM Retail Fund, a subsidiary of Inland American Real Estate Trust. Dallas skyline PGGM's head of private real estate, Guido Verhoef, described the... Read More
The Real Property Association of Canada has released its second-quarter report measuring the confidence of senior executives in the country's commercial real estate industry. Individual opinions are divided, but as a group industry leaders have become... Read More
In 2007 market conditions created a huge bubble in property trusts. Now, the Sydney Herald reports, A-REITS (Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts) are creating another. The interesting thing about this particular bubble, is that one of its... Read More
The South African government's proposal to start collecting carbon taxes starting in 2015 could contribute to the high administration costs facing the commercial property industry. Property analysts and CEOs have identified it as one of the industry's biggest... Read More
Commercial property investment in the Czech Republic reached €237 million (£203 million) in the first three months of 2013. This figure represents a 12-fold increase from the same period in 2012, when only one transaction closed. Petr etr Sulc, head... Read More
The results of Goldman Sach's semi-annual Insurance Pricing Survey for 2013 have been released, and they indicate that US providers are continuing to charge increased prices for commercial property cover. The survey has been in existence since 1988. It... Read More
Daisho Group, the Japanese developer, has recently broken ground on a multi-million dollar office tower in Brisbane, the capital city in the Australian state of Queensland. According to a report published in Architecture and Design, the new 34-storey... Read More
Investors looking for the best returns in Australia should take a look at the office markets in Perth and Melbourne, a new survey reveals. The first quarter NAB Commercial Property Survey predicts that these markets will both see rising capital values and... 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.
