All Property Week articles in Global December 2008
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NewsJEREMY NEWSUM: Postcard from Miami: property is for occupation, not investors
As a long-distance traveller for work, I have often been accused of having a glamorous job. I demur politely, but never argue. It is impossible to explain why those long hours in airport lounges, the late-night arrivals at a hotel and another strange bed, the wakeful nights and the distance ...
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NewsEurofund Investments Zaragoza on schedule for Puerto Venecia opening
Eurofund Investments Zaragoza, a joint venture between British Land and a private investor consortium, is to open its €1bn (£835m) Puerto Venecia in the north-east of Spain on schedule in 2010.
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ProfessionalDrop near the ocean
November’s Global Investment Club played host to experts on Asia-Pacific, where the regional slowdown was the main topic of discussion
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NewsEconomic downturn ‘will halt globalisation’, warns top fund manager
Core markets will replace emerging economies as target for western investors, says Fidelity’s Neil Cable
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NewsGazeley makes Middle East debut following takeover by Dubai World
Ceva Logistics signs up for 120,000 sq ft at Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone
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Markets
The Volvo’s crash test
Like the famous Swedish car, Nordic property had a reputation for safety and reliability. Now it is having to respond to the challenges of the global slowdown
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NewsZell buys equity in China’s Shanghai Yupei
Sam Zell’s Equity International has bought a $46m (£30m) stake in Chinese industrial property company, Shanghai Yupei.
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NewsSayonara, good times - as Japan slips into recession J-REITs hit buffers
As Japan slips into recession, the spectre of the ‘lost decade’ of the 1990s returns to haunt the property market. Doug Morrison reports from Tokyo
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NewsMen in the news: Bossom, Lahham and Stults
Orion’s stars burn brightly with €900m equity raising
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ProfessionalBreak with the borders
New rules on cross-border mergers have had a positive and profound effect on property transactions in Sweden and Finland, say Mika Alanko and Marcus Hedén of Roschier
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ProfessionalMy Big Move: Phil Chamberlain
Arady fund manager Phil Chamberlain left the gloom of the liquidity-light European market for the glittering opportunities afforded by Abu Dhabi. He tells Lucy Scott why the emirate was worth moving to
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Europe’s banks look to sale and leasebacks
European banks have embarked on a slew of sale and leasebacks in an attempt to raise cash amid the global economic turmoil.
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NewsDLF scales back Gurgaon mall as retail’s Indian summer begins to cool down
Country’s biggest developer to cut back on plans for Mall of India, as retail demand plummets
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NewsProperty Week Global art editor wins top design award
Property Week Global art editor Tina Smith won one of the biggest prizes in magazine journalism last month.
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CBRE appointed on Atemi’s Marseille regeneration
CB Richard Ellis has been appointed letting agent on a new retail-led regeneration scheme in the heart of France’s second city. Marseille’s Rue de la République, close to the famous ‘Old Port’ area, is being redeveloped, and several landlords are embarking on refurbishments and new leasing strategies. Atemi, the ...
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NewsThe death of old glory- America’s pension funds retire from property
America’s pension funds were among property’s biggest investors, but the ‘denominator effect’ has stopped them in their tracks
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Markets
There may be trouble ahead
The Swedish banking collapse of the early 1990s left the region blooded – and better prepared for the global banking crisis of today. Nick Duxbury reports from Stockholm and Copenhagen
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MarketsA new ice age
Iceland is in meltdown, and its people are frightened. Nick Duxbury reports from Reykjavik
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NewsPolice raid Austrian companies over alleged €520m fraud
Immoeast, parent Immofinanz and lender Constantia Privatbank investigated over alleged bond payment
