As property demand in London increases, developers claim the only solution is to build taller and taller. However, Transport for London (TfL) has come up with an alternative solution. Rather than looking towards the skies for new opportunities, TfL is... Read More
Europe had been slow to get on board with real estate investment trusts (REITs), but that has changed with a record surge in fundraising which has provided a lift to the commercial property market. In the first eight months of 2014, 10 REITs in Spain,... Read More
Yesterday’s rejection of independence by Scottish voters is likely to trigger a surge in commercial development and investment, some experts are claiming. Last week, it emerged that property investors were inserting “exit clauses”into deals in... Read More
An ‘extremely active and exciting’ six months boosted the value of Canary Wharf Group’s property portfolio by 8.4 per cent, interim results published today reveal. During the first half of the year (ending 30 June 2014) the value of the portfolio... Read More
The upturn in the regional property markets is continuing with one Midlands company reporting a staggering 238 per cent surge in profits and a Yorkshire investment firm seeing a rise in the value of its portfolio. In a six-month return which saw it... Read More
Shopping centre development projects rose sharply in the direct aftermath of the recession, although this has dropped somewhat in 2014 due to the continuing economic restraints experienced by commercial property owners. However, according to new information... Read More
Investment in the Tokyo commercial market is picking up pace based on the prospect of rent increase and rising returns. According to Jon Tanaka, the managing director of Angelo Gordon & Co., an alternative asset manager with $27 billion in assets, there... Read More
Grade A Alternative has confirmed it is the new owner of one of Manchester’s most iconic buildings. The serviced office provider completed the acquisition of St George’s House in June but has refused to say how much it paid for the Grade II listed... Read More
As uncertainty about next week’s independence referendum grows, an increasing number of commercial property buyers are inserting “exit clauses” into contracts on Scottish deals, property experts are claiming. While the clauses would give buyers... Read More
Less than seven months after it raised £1bn in a Stock Exchange offering Kennedy Wilson Europe has spent almost £300m on a cross-sector property portfolio. One of the biggest assets of the Fordgate Jupiter portfolio — sold through a commercial... Read More
