Barclays said on Tuesday it has agreed to lease office space in London’s Canary Wharf district to the British government in an effort to save about 35 million pounds ($45 million) annually. The Cabinet Office will lease about 540,000 square feet of space in 10 South Colonnade, according to a statement. The handover is expected to… Read More »
Up to half of planned commercial developments in central London could be delayed over the next few years due to concerns about Brexit, and overall investor returns will be flat in 2016, estate agents Savills said on Tuesday. Commercial property was one of the first sectors to be hit in the immediate aftermath of the June 23… Read More »
Canada’s commercial real estate market hit a record C$11.16 billion ($8.41 billion) in quarterly transaction volumes and is on track to reach new highs for the year, as investors’ hunt for yield and gains in the oil-producing province of Alberta bolster activity, real estate services firm CBRE Limited said on Monday. A recovery in oil… Read More »
HONG KONG-BASED Phoenix Property Investors, a private equity real estate firm with assets managed and under management in Asia of over US$6.7 billion, is looking to increase investments in South-east Asia property markets including Singapore. “The company is expanding its investment footprint from North Asia, particularly Hong Kong, Japan and China, to the South-east Asia… Read More »
With interest shifting further northward in the wake of the U.S. presidential elections, the Canadian commercial real estate sector can expect sustained activity throughout 2017, according to the head of an urban environment management firm. Last week, Allied Properties REIT chief executive officer Michael Emory stated that demand for commercial real estate in the country’s… Read More »
Indians have by far remained the most prolific foreign investors in Dubai realty, outshining capital inputs from British, Russians and all others. As per the data from Government of Dubai’s Land Department, Indians have once again topped the charts as the number one investor in Dubai realty with a whopping investment of Rs 13,600 crore… Read More »
Real estate investors have not done well since a real estate mogul became president-elect in the US. It would be ironic indeed if Donald Trump were to preside over a slump in the commercial property market, but is that likely? Shares of listed real estate companies are down almost 4 per cent since election night.… Read More »
The result of the US election is likely to lead to more uncertainty in the commercial property market in the Asia Pacific region with many markets already seeing rents fall. Overall prime commercial rents increased 0.6% quarter on quarter and 1% year on year at the end of the third quarter of 2016, according to the… Read More »
The average rent for space in a downtown tower is $47.43 per square foot, putting Houston in the top 10 of the nation’s most expensive office markets, according to a commercial realty firm. The national average is $43.79 per square foot. Despite downtown’s strong rents, the report notes how Houston’s sublease glut and “economic freeze”… Read More »
Falling commercial real estate prices after the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union pose a threat to bank stability because of the market’s reliance on foreign capital, Bank of England said. Values have declined 2.6 percent since the referendum and may drop further from their current high levels, according to the central bank’s twice-yearly… Read More »
