Bruce Dear
Bruce Dear is head of London real estate at Eversheds Sutherland.
OnlineMipim blog: we must give the world the infrastructure it needs
This was my 18th Mipim. I have officially reached the age of Mipim majority. When I first strolled the Croisette, my oldest son could fit into a 20cm giraffe-print Babygro. Now he’s over 6ft tall and doesn’t even fit on the sofa.
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The balance of economic power is reversing
I’m at Mipim Asia in Paris’s Asian investor presentation. The cross-channel competition for Asian capital is roughing up as the Paris panel carves up ‘les rosbifs’.
InsightUnderstanding Chinese property investors
In Sichuan they call snogging “chewing rabbits heads”. (I know – you’ve been doing it wrong).
BlogsHow to Help Cyprus' Starving Footballers
When footballers get poor, you know things are bad. Premier League players say anything less than £55,000 a week is “disrespectful”! They should spare a thought for their colleagues in Cyprus.
BlogsGerman tourists in Cyprus would be well advised to pretend to be Russian
When you land at Paphos airport, the first thing you see is a golden advert for Russian Commercial Bank. The second thing you see is a silver advert for Russian Standard Vodka.
BlogsMIPIM BLOG: Tea leaves suggest brighter things to come
As my TGV rolls out of a distinctly chilly Cannes and along the shores of an iron grey sea (it’s not all lemon blossom and almond cakes down here!), what did this MIPIM’s runes say about the market’s future:
BlogsMIPIM 2013: Day three - the inside track
Against the odds, this is an optimistic MIPIM. Everyone I meet wants to do deals-all actively looking to buy or fund.
BlogsMIPIM BLOG: Assistance packs, historic opportunities and the prospect of Maori tattoos
Travelling to MIPIM is a pleasurable, annual ritual: some cycle, others motor in vintage Alfa Romeos. It’s surely only a matter of time before we have “MIPIM Iron Man”. Hundreds of surveyors running to Cannes across the French countryside, sporting macho, Maori tattoos.
BlogsMIPIM BLOG: Justifying the conference and the triple dip trap door
Every March, the world’s property industry squeezes into one town. MIPIM mingles investors, developers, end users and funders in Cannes.
