Plans to redevelop a historic Cardiff building have been met with opposition from conservationists. Under proposals currently being discussed, the Grade II listed Coal Exchange will be largely gutted in order to accommodate flats, offices and a hotel. But... 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
London’s flourishing tech sector is rapidly expanding beyond its Silicon Roundabout heartland and increasing its share of City office space. Last year, according to new figures from DTZ and JLL, take-up among tech firms accounted for over one million... Read More
Commercial property investment in Poland has reached a seven-year high, according to new survey. Last year €3.12bn was ploughed into the country’s real estate market — much of it from Germany. Of the 2013 investments — which increased steadily... Read More
As wealth levels rebound after the financial crisis the world's mega-rich are turning their back on luxury mansions and investing in hotels and office blocks, new research claims. The shift into commercial property — and investments that offer higher... Read More
The real estate market in the U.S. provides an insight into the health of that country's economy and, according to Lawrence Yun the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, the fundamentals are on an upward curve. Growth is continuing... Read More
Returns from investments in Scottish commercial property continued to improve in Q4 of 2013. Total returns in the market increased to 3.3 per cent over the period, compared with 2.3 per cent in Q3, according to the latest figures contained in the Scotland... Read More
Fund managers Schroder has still not said what it intends to do with a south-west London film and television studio it acquired in a £35m off-market deal from property investment company Helical Bar. Originally built in the 1970s as British Telecom... Read More
The Canadian-based Maplewood International Real Estate Investment Trust has confirmed it is buying four head office buildings in The Netherlands for a total of €55m. All four properties — with a total foorspace of 254,552sq ft — are occupied by... Read More
As office rents in the heart of Dublin hit record highs a business park in the south of the city has just gone on the market with almost a quarter of its offices still vacant. Office rents in Dublin are expected to rise by a further 15% by the end of... Read More
