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  Major urban office markets around the world are seeing a considerable increase in the adoption of "green" building certification schemes, according to the inaugural International Green Building Adoption Index (IGBAI), a study by CBRE and Maastricht University (Netherlands). According to the survey, 18.6% of space in ten markets throughout Australia, Canada, and Europe is now certified "green," compared to only 6.4 percent in 2007.  villa qatar Canadian cities are leading the way, with 51.6 percent of area in Vancouver and 51.0 percent in Toronto certified as "green." This is especially noteworthy in Vancouver, which has a formal goal and action plan - "Greenest City 2020" - to become the world's greenest city by 2020. Green building trends will continue to drive both new development and refurbishment of office product in Vancouver and Toronto. More than half of the 1.5 million square feet of product under construction in Vancouver is bein...

  In 2017, the value of investments reached €231.8 billion. According to the latest statistics from global property consultancy Knight Frank, European commercial property investment reached €231.8 billion in 2017, up 8.4% from the previous year, after €80.7 billion was transacted in Q4.  buying a house in qatar The continuous inflow of capital from Greater China into the Central London office market helped the UK reclaim its title as Europe's most active market from Germany, which had surpassed it in the first half of the year. Following a poor start to the year, investment in the UK picked up in the second half of the year, reaching €59.3 billion in total. German investment reached a ten-year high of €50.9 billion in 2017, and the country was the top destination for US money entering Europe. The French investment market got off to a slow start this year, but it picked up in the fourth quarter, when more money was invested than in the preceding three quarters combined. T...

  In 2017, the most 'liquid' markets in the world were New York, London, and Dallas. According to CBRE, the world's top commercial real estate investment markets are Tokyo, New York, and Los Angeles, with a total stock of investable commercial real estate assets of $27.5 trillion. For 122 cities throughout the world, CBRE looked at the relationship between market size and capital flows into real estate. According to the findings, there is a strong link between the size of a city's real estate stock and the amount of money invested in that city.  doha house Findings from throughout the world: Tokyo has the largest single market in the world, with $711 billion in investable real estate, followed by New York ($657 billion) and Los Angeles ($482 billion). The two largest European markets are Paris ($342 billion) and London ($334 billion). The top ten cities accounted for over $4.0 trillion in global investable real estate stock, or around 15% of the total. The...

Due to a shortage of available prime stock in Central London, international commercial real estate investors are increasingly attracted to UK regional cities, and in particular major investment opportunities, according to global property advisor CBRE.  buy property in qatar In the first quarter of 2014, the UK registered €12.4 billion in transactions, up 5% from the previous quarter. Outside of Central London, nearly three-quarters (74%) of the total was made up of properties, up from 61 percent in the previous quarter and the highest proportion since Q4 2011. In Q1 2014, international investors transacted for €1.2 billion (£1 billion) outside of Central London, with nine transactions from Asian and Middle Eastern investors, five of which were worth more than €12 million (£10 million). Since the market bottom in Q2 2009, non-European capital has gradually expanded into regional UK cities, more than doubling market share from 7% to 18% in Q1 2014. Non-Central London investment peake...

According to the latest edition of global property advisor CBRE's How Global is the Business of Retail?, Paris is the world's hottest global retail sector, welcoming 50 new brands last year, and France is the leading country for new entrants.  Properties for sale in Doha The total presence of global retailers increased by 1.7 percent at the country level, according to the 2014 survey, which monitors retailer movements in 2013. More than half of retailers (51%) now operate in all three major global regions: the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific, up slightly from last year. In 2013, retailers concentrated on more mature markets, with 18 of the top target cities becoming mature markets, up from 14 the year before. Throughout the year, 83 percent of survey cities had at least one new entrant (up from 81 percent the year before), with the top target markets seeing a 28 percent increase in new entrants. The number of new entrants at the city level inc...

Knight Frank, an international real estate consultancy company, has announced that their Global House Price Index has risen for eight consecutive quarters in the first three months of 2014. However, the pace of price rise has slowed.  apartments Despite the fact that global growth was just 0.6 percent in the first quarter of 2014, compared to 1.2 percent the previous quarter, the index nevertheless grew by 7.1 percent year over year. According to Knight Frank, the fourth quarter of the year sees a spike in sales as consumers hurry to close deals before the New Year, as new tax laws also take effect, resulting in a quieter market in the first quarter. Dubai topped the annual rankings, but prices only rose by 3.4 percent in the first quarter, according to the Knight Frank Q1 2014 Report. Croatia, Cyprus, and Greece had the worst housing markets in the 12 months leading up to March 2014. In the top ten rankings for annual price increases, the United States, Australia, and Iceland have...

According to the STR Global Construction Pipeline Study from November 2011, the global hotel sector experienced mostly positive growth in most markets.  studio qatar Americas Central and South In Central and South America, there are 196 hotels in the pipeline, totaling 28,958 rooms. Panama has the highest projected growth (64.4 percent) among the countries in the region if all 7,593 rooms in the country's active pipeline open. Paraguay (+16.2% with 300 rooms), Colombia (+11.1% with 2,056 rooms), Costa Rica (+7.4% with 1,306 rooms), Brazil (+7.3% with 12,775 rooms), and El Salvador (+7.3% with 200 rooms) are among the countries that have seen substantial development.   Mexico/Caribbean The Caribbean/Mexico hotel pipeline includes 131 hotels with a total of 17,923 rooms. If all 753 rooms in the active pipeline open, Haiti will have the highest projected growth (45.0 percent) among the countries in the region. Anguilla (+28.8% with 220 rooms), Dominica (+13.5 percen...

Hong Kong retains its title as the world's most expensive market. Despite the fact that rents are expected to decrease in 2019, Hong Kong will maintain its status as the world's most expensive office market, according to Knight Frank's latest Global Outlook Report. In a tale of two halves, while Hong Kong Island rentals benefit from limited supply, they will face increasing competition from lower-cost areas such as Kowloon. Despite this, Hong Kong Island rents would remain nearly 24% higher than the long-term average.  for sale apartments   The cities with the highest rental increases in 2019 will be Melbourne and Sydney, with rents increasing by 10.1 percent and 8.6 percent, respectively. Owing to job growth and relatively low levels of construction completions in recent years, both cities are experiencing a shortage of office space. In both cities, prime rents have risen steadily in the last year, increasing by 13% in Sydney and 6% in Melbourne.   Although all...

According to a new report from Cushman & Wakefield, China has regained first place as the most attractive manufacturing market, reaffirming its position as the sector's powerhouse. Malaysia, which was ranked first last year, is now ranked seventh, behind Lithuania.  apartments for sale   The Manufacturing Risk Index report from Cushman & Wakefield ranks 42 countries based on a variety of risk and cost factors, such as political and economic risk, business conditions, and labor costs, to provide a quantitative assessment of their attractiveness.   Despite cost-sensitive output increasingly shifting to lower-cost countries in the Asia Pacific region, China was ranked first in the baseline index due to its efficient supply chains and infrastructure networks, which continue to provide a stable export platform. Malaysia has dropped to third place as it transitions from a low-cost to a high-value manufacturing center, but the nation remains highly attractive and...