Tag: Commercial Property Investment



Denver Named as Commercial Real Estate Market to Watch

Posted on 26 January, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Denver's commercial real estate market has been ranked at No. 11 on the 2014 list of US "Markets to Watch" on the Emerging Trends in Real Estate report from Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP and the Urban Land Institute. The survey respondents reported that... Read More

Does the Rise in Sterling threaten the growth of the UK Commercial Property Market?

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets, Industry News

The commercial property market has been showing positive signs of recovery for several months but the rise in the value of sterling is potentially unhelpful to the market, since it poses a threat to future growth. There has been a significant level of... Read More

Mitsubishi Corp Launches Commercial Property Investment Fund

Posted on 14 January, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Industry News

Mitsubishi Corp, Japan’s largest trading house, has launched an investment fund focusing on London commercial property that has the potential to raise up to £500m from institutions in its home country, as well as other nations. The company has said... Read More

Norwegian Wealth Fund buys Prologis Stake

Posted on 11 January, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

Norway — which owns the world’s biggest state wealth fund — has bought a 45 per cent stake in the industrial and logistics company Prologis. The sovereign-wealth fund has paid $450m for a 45 per cent stake in the US-based company, leaving... Read More

Malaysian Commercial Property Still Offers Good Returns

Posted on 10 January, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

In spite of concerns regarding the oversupply of office space, commercial property in Malaysia continues to offer lucrative returns to investors. According to investment professional Renesial Leong, commercial property offers a return of 5-7 per cent.... Read More

Fashion Billionaire Buys Prestige West End Office Building

Posted on 9 January, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

The Spanish billionaire, Amancio Ortega, is reported to have purchased an office building in the heart of London’s West End for £410m. Madrid's Torre Picasso is among Ortega's property portfolio Although information about the deal is scarce,... Read More

Commercial Property Market forecast to Rise by Double Digits in 2014

Posted on by Jodee Redmond under Industry News

The UK commercial property market is set to rise by double digits (11.5 per cent) in 2014, according to the Ignis property fund team. The recent Investment Property Forum Concensus Forecast predicts an average total return of 9.3 per cent this year,... Read More

Australian Confidence Returns as Commercial Sales Rise

Posted on 6 January, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets, Worldwide Property News

Australian commercial property sales hit the $17 billion mark in 2013. This figure includes retail, offices, industrial and hotel assets and compares to the record levels set in 2012 of $20.6 billion. Furthermore, early indications point to 2014 being another... Read More

2014 Looking Good for Global Property Markets

Posted on 30 December, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Industry News, Worldwide Property News

Strong balance sheets and growing business confidence look set to make 2014 an “uplifting” year, for global commercial property markets according to Jones Lang LaSalle. Next year’s markets could grow by at least 10 per cent with international sales... Read More

Call to end US Tax on Foreign Property Investors

Posted on 16 December, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Worldwide Property News

A US congressman is pressuring Washington to repeal a law which forces foreign real estate investors to pay up to 35 per cent of a building’s sale price to the Inland Revenue Service (IRS). Republican Kevin Brady claims scrapping the 33-year-old tax... Read More