Nuneaton and Bedworth Council has become one of the first local authorities in the country to launch a pioneering property business. Profits raised from the venture will go toward funding council services. Nuneaton Town Hall: The council believes the new... Read More
More and more global investors are turning their attention to just four Canadian cities, prompting fears of a new commercial property bubble, claims a five-year forecast. The brokerage firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) says that rising demand from global... Read More
High net worth overseas investors have spent close to £1 billion buying commercial property in the Yorkshire area over the last couple of years, as the upturn in the market filters out from London to the regions. During the past decade, overseas... Read More
Greater Manchester Pension Fund — which manages am £11bn pension pot for the 10 local authorities in Greater Manchester— has just spent £10m on buying a run-down shopping centre. The 17-shop precinct at Chorlton, four miles from the city centre,... Read More
Taiwanese investors will be major players Commercial property investment worldwide will increase by at least 15 per cent this year. The annual total is forecast to be well over the US $600 billion mark, according to a report released from Knight... Read More
Activity in Taiwan's commercial property market has fallen by 68 per cent year-on-year, a report claims, and soaring prices are being blamed for the decline. The sales volume represented the lowest level since the financial crisis reached its peak in... Read More
Madison International Realty’s Real Estate Liquidity Fund V L.P - which focuses on investment in the US, UK and mainland Western Europe, closed recently with $825 million in equity commitments. Its target was $750 million. The firm believes that its... Read More
Profits on South African retail, office and industrial property have reached a six-year high, according to new international research, making the republic one of the world’s most lucrative commercial property investment markets. Of the 16 countries... Read More
LondonMetric Property has snapped up a million sq ft pre-let distribution complex in Northamptonshire following its recent £60m acquisition of a nearby site which already houses budget retailer Primark's central distribution hub. In the first deal —... Read More
As workers put the finishing touches to Europe’s biggest office complex, there are growing fears in France that a new property boom is underway — before the previous bust has ended. The Majunga Tower is a 45-storey block nearing completion at La... Read More
