All International articles – Page 8
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Insight
It’s business as usual in Germany
In a Financial Times opinion piece earlier this month headlined ‘Why Germany is the West’s sanest country’, columnist Gideon Rachman wrote: “The recent German election and its aftermath underline the point; it was a close contest, but the losers accepted the results gracefully. No one tried to claim that the ...
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News
Avignon and Valon to build German portfolio
The partnership aims to build a €500m portfolio of industrial, logistics and office assets.
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UK PBSA operators warned of reliance on international students
The UK PBSA sector has been warned not to be over reliant on international students taking rooms following a drop in visas issued to Chinese students and fewer EU students, Property Week can reveal.
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Online
Blackstone’s European real estate strategy for individual investors raises €250m
Blackstone’s European Property Income strategy, which allows eligible individual investors access to income-producing European real estate, has raised approximately €250m of capital in its first close.
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Common says ‘at least half’ of UK expansion will be in London
US co-living operator Common has said that “at least half” of its expansion into the UK market will be focused on London.
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Insight
Letter from New York
No sector of the New York City real estate economy has been so badly mauled by the pandemic as hotels.
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Foreign investment in UK to surge next year
Knight Frank’s Brookes says inward investment will double due to pent-up demand.
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Whitbread MD discusses Premier Inn’s post-pandemic growth plan
Whitbread property and international MD Mark Anderson talks to Property Week about Premier Inn’s ambitious post-pandemic growth plans in the UK, Ireland and Germany.
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News
Evergrande liquidity crisis sparks fears of global consequences
The world is watching to see whether the growing crisis will become China’s ‘Lehman Brothers moment’.
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Insight
Business park life is sweet
Post-pandemic demand for greener, healthier, less densely populated workspace is driving demand for out-of-town offices, but the city centre is not dead yet.
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Insight
The Brexodus that never was
The mass relocation of companies from the UK to the EU predicted in the wake of the Brexit vote never came to pass. Property Week looks at how the European cities that were expected to benefit have fared.
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Long-term action needed to safeguard Italy’s construction industry
Much has been said in recent months about the extraordinary, once-in-a-generation chance Italy has to kickstart its faltering economy thanks to the EU’s Recovery Fund, of which it is getting the lion’s share.
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Markets
Aberdeen scores a home win
The city was named best place to live in the UK in a recent Yopa poll as a glut of lower-price housing attracts people priced away from Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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Capreon appoints George Minns as managing director
Capreon, the real estate investment and advisory arm of the Noé Group, has appointed George Minns as managing director.
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Common lands London sites to start European co-living push
US operator secures five BTR and co-living sites across the capital to kick off UK-led expansion into Europe.
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WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings commitment updated to include embodied carbon
UKGBC has stressed the importance of keeping up with the “pace of change” as the WorldGBC updates its Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment to include accounting for embodied carbon.
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Insight
The legacy and lessons of 9/11
Twenty years on from the terror attacks of 11 September 2001, New York Post reporter and Property Week columnist Steve Cuozzo reflects on the impact on the iconic city.
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News
Europa and Cromwell launch logistics JV
Europa Capital and Cromwell Property Group have launched a German logistics joint venture with a target gross asset value of €150m.
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MetLife and Norges acquire $825m Cambridge office
Oxford Properties Group and JP Morgan Global Alternatives have sold a 409,000 sq ft office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for $825.1m (£600m).
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Insight
Distribution is biggest challenge
Last year saw a record-shattering take-up of 50m sq ft of big-box warehouse space across Europe. As consumers flocked to online retail during the pandemic, the race for industrial and logistics (I&L) space ramped up to meet the unprecedented demand for warehousing and distribution centres.