All International articles – Page 5
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InsightJapanese investment in Europe set to flourish
As the world starts to open up, Japanese investment in European real estate is set to flourish as institutional investors go in search of higher-yielding assets.
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InsightMetaverse wave driven by crypto tech
The much-hyped metaverse isn’t new. The term was coined in 1992 and the first virtual world, ‘Second Life’, launched two decades ago. First-mover advantage is not a great advantage if you strike too early.
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InsightProptech market continues to grow in Europe
Fifth Wall recently announced that its European Real Estate Technology Fund had closed with an oversubscribed €140m (£117m).
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InsightCompanies expect more from their office space post-Covid
London has always been a city of villages. Its many pockets, from Marylebone and Shoreditch to Wimbledon and Hampstead, each have their own architectural fabric, infrastructure and identity.
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InsightChannel Islands investment opportunities remains strong
The Channel Islands’ property market has enjoyed a strong couple of years. Average residential property prices have increased substantially, with Jersey seeing the largest rise: up 18% from £567,000 in Q4 2020 to £673,000 in Q4 2021, compared with a 9% rise in the UK over the same period.
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InsightThe challenges of expanding overseas
Property Week asks what challenges UK property agencies face when trying to establish a presence in overseas markets.
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MarketsCrossrail on track to boost the capital
After a succession of setbacks and a pandemic, Crossrail is finally set to open this June. Kate Parker asks what impact the Elizabeth line has had – and will have – on London.
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InsightThe birth of a logistics giant
GLP Europe’s Daan van den Hoven and Nick Cook reveal to Property Week how the business has transformed itself into one of the biggest logistics developers in Europe.
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InsightDays of buying a balanced portfolio look numbered
Balanced core portfolios have been at the heart of real estate strategies for decades, following what appeared to be a relatively low-risk approach to provide steady income to match insurers’ and pension funds’ current and future liabilities.
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NewsPressure mounting on JLL to cut ties with Russian partners
Pressure is mounting on JLL to cut its ties with its Russian partners after Avison Young, CBRE, Colliers Savills, and Knight Frank all confirmed that they were suspending their Russian operations.
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NewsEdyn secures £100m facility for European expansion
Hospitality firm edyn, which provides extended-stay accommodation, has secured £105m in debt funding from Blackstone Mortgage Trust and KSL Capital Partners’ European Capital Solutions (ECS) platform.
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NewsMore agents cut ties with Russian partners
Five of the world’s biggest property consultancies have severed ties with their Russian partners as the situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate.
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NewsAmazon shutters 4-star shops
Online retailer Amazon is closing its two ‘4-star’ shops in the UK, as well as the equivalent and other bookstore formats in the US.
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NewsTomb Raider founder expands proptech firm into Europe
Property management software provider Spike Global, set up by the mastermind behind Tomb Raider, has expanded into Germany, Property Week can reveal.
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NewsHines preps third European value-add fund with €1.5bn target
Hines intends to launch its third European value-add fund with a €1.5bn target.
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NewsSavills IM hires European living research head
Savills Investment Management (IM) has hired Adam Alari as Head of European living research.
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NewsWells Fargo hires HSBC’s European real estate finance head
Wells Fargo has hired Nicola Free, HSBC’s European head of real estate finance, in a bid to expand its commercial real estate finance business in Europe.
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NewsGCP Co-Living REIT halts £300m IPO of The Collective’s former assets due to ‘Ukraine events’
GCP Co-Living REIT has halted its £300m initial public offering (IPO) of the assets of the collapsed co-living brand The Collective “in light of the events in Ukraine over the last 24 hours”.
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NewsCBRE ‘significantly outperforms’ pre-Covid peak
CBRE has boasted a “strong finish” to 2021 in which it “significantly outperformed” both the final quarter of 2020 and the pre-pandemic peak in the final quarter of 2019.
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NewsCo-living group DoveVivo acquires Altido
Italian co-living firm DoveVivo has acquired Altido, a short-term property management group in Europe.
