Overseas investors promise ‘sensitive’ commercial development In a move that is certain to face opposition from heritage groups, it has emerged that Historic Royal Palaces is involved in negotiations over the sale of the Tower of London to a consortium... Read More
Analysts around the world are involved in a debate over whether the Canadian commercial real estate market, which has been red-hot in recent years, is heading for a crash. The country's pension funds, insurance companies, and real estate investment... Read More
A mothballed Scottish electronics factory could be turned into high-tech commercial units and a college campus under new plans unveiled by Shepherd Offshore. The firm — fronted by ex-Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd — also wants to build houses... Read More
Foreign investment in Manhattan reached a record $5.5bn (£3.3bn) last year — nearly twice the previous 2007 high-water mark — with Chinese companies leading the charge. According to real estate brokerage Colliers International, not only did... Read More
Activity in Scotland's commercial property market increased second half of last year, prompting Alasdair Humphery, the chairman of the Scottish Property Federation, to declare that the country is "open for business." Mr. Humphery states that commercial... Read More
An £80m finance deal has secured the development of a Cambridge office block, thought to be one of the biggest speculative schemes outside London. The scheme will be known as One the Square and is being developed by Brookgate with funding coming from Orchard... Read More
Lloyds Banking Group Plc has announced that it has agreed to sell a portfolio of European commercial real estate loans to MELF Sarl, an affiliate of Marathon Asset Management LP, as the group looks to lower its "non-core run-off portfolio." The... Read More
2013 saw the highest pan-European commercial real estate investment volume since 2007 with approximately €141 billion was transacted. This amount represents a 21 per cent rise over 2012 figures, according to a recently-released investment bulletin from... Read More
The global real estate market will continue to grow hand-in-hand with investment in the sector over the next 16 years with rapid urbanisation and demographic changes in the emerging markets delivering “spectacular returns”. The forecast comes in a... Read More
Almost a third of commercial property in the heart of Birmingham — over four million square feet — is under some form of foreign control, claims a new report. Compiled by real estate management consultancy GVA, the Who Owns Central Birmingham?... Read More
