Worldwide Property News


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.


Chinese Investment in Canadian Commercial Real Estate hits Record High

Posted on 22 March, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Chinese investment in overseas commercial real estate has surged, and more Chinese investors are focusing on the Canadian market, according to a report released by a Vancouver-based commercial real estate firm. In 2014, the global outflow of Chinese... Read More

AFIAA advances Strategic Objectives with ‘exceptional’ Washington acquisition

Posted on 20 March, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets, Worldwide Property News

Zurich-based investment foundation AFIAA has added to its Washington DC portfolio with the acquisition of an ‘exceptional’ building in the heart of Chinatown. Arch Square, which provides approximately 55,000 sq ft of office and retail space, is... Read More

Spanish Commercial Property Market Grows

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Savills, the industrial real estate advisor, is predicting the Spanish commercial property market is set to grow further in 2015. Last year, strong investment volumes were seen in the country’s office market where a total of €2.8 billion in... Read More

IMMOFINANZ Group intensifies activity in Germany with high-profile Düsseldorf Scheme

Posted on 19 March, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Austrian investor and developer IMMOFINANZ Group has demonstrated its commitment to increase its activity in the German market, with the announcement that it has broken ground on FLOAT, a new office complex in Düsseldorf. The symbolic spade cut for... Read More

Bulgaria posts biggest rise in EU Commercial Property sales in 2014

Posted on 18 March, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Bulgaria has the distinction of leading the rise in commercial property sales in the EU last year, according to the results of a new study published by Cushman & Wakefield. In the latest edition of the International Investment Atlas, €254 million... Read More

Malaysian Commercial Property Market underperforms in 2014

Posted on 15 March, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

More than half of the fund managers, lenders and developers who participated in a survey conducted by Knight Frank said that Malaysia’s commercial real estate market’s 2014 returns were worse than expected due to overpricing. The Malaysia... Read More

Tech firms boost US Office take-up

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

The US office market has lagged behind other commercial property sectors, but is picking up speed as the economy improves and the job market gets stronger. The tech industry has been responsible for driving a lot of its strength. In locations where tech... Read More

Calgary Commercial Real Estate Sales reached $3.2 Billion in 2014

Posted on 7 March, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Commercial real estate sales in the Canadian city of Calgary reached $3.2 billion in 2014, an increase of 2 per cent over the previous year, according to a new report from RealNet Canada Inc. The report states that 483 transactions worth in excess of... Read More

Unibail-Rodamco adds H&M Group brands to Mall of Scandinavia line-up

Posted on 4 March, 2015 by Neil Bird under Top Properties, Worldwide Property News

Europe’s leading listed commercial property company, Unibail-Rodamco, has today announced a major leasing deal with Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) Group to take space for its H&M, COS and & Other Stories brands at Scandinavia’s largest shopping... Read More

Chinese Investors fuel demand in Manhattan

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Chinese investors’ appetite for Class A US commercial property is once again evident as the country’s Anbang Insurance Group, owner of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, has agreed to buy 21 floors of an office building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The... Read More

Learn more about our Worldwide Property category

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.