China Vanke Co., China’s biggest developer in terms of sales, has announced it has agreed to enter into a joint venture with Carlyle Group which will buy nine of the company’s commercial properties. Carlyle Asia Investment Advisors Ltd. (Carlyle)... Read More
The Centre for Entrepreneurs is calling upon local authorities to do more business with small businesses. According to data compiled by the Centre’s campaign partner Spend Network, in the past three years a total of £9.9 billion has been spent by local... Read More
Overseas investors have been flocking to Australia, resulting in an “unprecedented”60 per cent surge in capital entering the commercial property market. Foreign buyers have spent $5.9 billion in the last financial year, according to Savills... Read More
GeoSim, an international technology firm with offices in Vancouver, Warsaw and Tel Aviv, has developed an interactive digital 3-D model of downtown Vancouver. The 14-year-old company says it could change the way that commercial real estate agents, developers,... Read More
Following Land Securities’ promise to place street food on the menu of its mixed-use scheme in Victoria, comes the news that the developers of Battersea Power Station are planning to go one better – by constructing a ‘street food market in the... Read More
In recent years, larger retailers have begun to press the government to relax Sunday trading laws which restrict the hours they can open. However, a study by retail ecommerce firm Shopatron has revealed that not all of the country’s leading retailers would... Read More
As the consumer environment continues to improve, local authorities are increasingly courting private developers and investment firms as a means of enhancing the variety of leisure and retail offerings within their regions. This has seen Darlington... Read More
There has been a high level of interest shown in acquiring New Scotland Yard since it was confirmed on Monday that the Metropolitan Police Headquarters is for sale. Despite Berkeley Group boss Tony Pidgley declaring that he ‘wouldn’t touch it with... Read More
Selfridges throws open the doors of its new in-store cinema today in what is believed to be a world-first for a department store. The landmark Oxford Street branch of the 105 year old retailer has teamed up with Everyman Cinemas to launch the venture... Read More
Since 2010 the Government has sold off more than 1,200 publicly owned buildings and chunks of land. Now, to accelerate its real estate slim-down, it is launching an interactive map to help investors and developers discover “underused” land or... Read More
