Worldwide Property News


While our primary focus is the UK commercial property market we will occasionally carry international stories. In the Worldwide News category you can read articles exploring global market developments or looking at a particular overseas commercial property story that has caught our attention.


Rockspring and Générale Continentale complete sale of Paris Office Complex

Posted on 29 September, 2015 by Neil Bird under Commercial Sales and Lets, Worldwide Property News

Rockspring Property Investment Managers and joint venture partner Générale Continentale Investissements (CGI) have completed the sale of Eden Monceau, a 6,400 sq m (69,000 sq ft) prime central Paris office complex, to REAL I.S. The sale follows the recent... Read More

Unibail-Rodamco Unveils Plans to Transform Prague Retail Destination

Posted on 26 September, 2015 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Worldwide Property News

Unibail-Rodamco, Europe’s leading listed commercial property company, has unveiled plans for what is described as one of the largest developments in Central Europe this year. The scheme will increase the size of established Prague shopping centre... Read More

Law Firm signs Biggest Letting Agreement at Urban Escape Stockholm

Posted on 24 September, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Worldwide Property News

Nordic law firm Roschier has signed a leasing deal to occupy 43,000 sq ft of a Stockholm regeneration project — making it the largest letting secured by AMF Fastigheter for its flagship mixed-use scheme. The signing will allow Roschier to move from... Read More

Central European Hotel Markets attract Overseas Investors

Posted on 13 September, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

The combination of intense competition and low yields in some Western markets is pushing investors toward secondary Central Eastern European (CEE) markets, World Property Journal reports. As a result, they are facing less competition and are able to... Read More

Valad Europe disposes of Two Assets from Dutch Office Portfolio

Posted on 12 September, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets, Worldwide Property News

Valad Europe, the multi-let real estate investment manager, has sold two office buildings totalling 103,979 sq ft on behalf of an un-named client. Both assets were part of the multi-million pound Dutch Office One portfolio. The largest property — a... Read More

Unibail-Rodamco unveils visionary Polish Shopping Centre

Posted on 10 September, 2015 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Worldwide Property News

Europe’s leading listed commercial property company Unibail-Rodamco has unveiled its latest major project – Wroclavia, a €240 million (£174.6 million) modern retail and leisure destination in the Polish city of Wroclaw. The visionary 764,000 sq... Read More

Chinese Economic Instability likely to Increase Overseas Investment

Posted on 31 August, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Signs are emerging that Chinese property investment abroad will not slow down, despite the recent economic turmoil, as wealthy companies and individuals look for stable markets to shelter their money abroad. Australia has been the big winner so far... Read More

Investment in Australian Commercial Property Market hits Record Levels

Posted on 30 August, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Commercial Sales and Lets, Worldwide Property News

Investment in the Australian commercial property market has surged to record levels over the past twelve months according to Colliers International. Data included in the Australian Investment Review reveal that investment has jumped by 19 per cent... Read More

PACE initiative helps Washington DC Businesses with Cost of Solar Panels

Posted on 29 August, 2015 by Jodee Redmond under Worldwide Property News

Washington DC commercial property owners are to get assistance with the cost of installing solar panels on their buildings, the Washington Post reports. On August 21, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser made an announcement that the Property Assessed Energy Act... Read More

Stockholm schoolchildren break ‘virtual’ ground at launch of Urban Escape scheme

Posted on 28 August, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Worldwide Property News

A Swedish property developer is claiming a world first — by simultaneously starting a multi-million pound regeneration project in both the virtual and real words. At the same second bulldozers began demolishing derelict buildings in the centre of... Read More

Learn more about our Worldwide Property category

The ups and downs of the international commercial property market are closely related to the global economy. However the picture is not always uniform. While demand can be low in one country it can outstrip supply in another.

In this category we report on these trends and the outlook for the occupier and investment markets in Europe, the Far East and elsewhere. We also cover individual commercial property stories from around the world.

These might be articles looking at office developments in global financial centres like New York, Paris and Frankfurt. Equally they could focus on worldwide retail, industrial or leisure developments. You will also find related human interest stories in this category.