SUMMARY Colliers’ survey once again highlighted a preference for local investment. Three quarters of global investors invested only in their macro-region in the last 12 months, and 74% will continue to do so in the next 12 months. This is consistent with last year’s survey, which found that only 10% looked beyond their home region for opportunities.
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SUMMARY In this Outlook, they are answered some of the most frequently asked questions from both real estate occupiers and investors. DTZ does this by ranking markets based on key economic and market decision making factors. The year-end 2014 ranking allows for an instant comparison, while the 2017 ranking offers some time for strategic planning.
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SUMMARY This report is intended to help you with planning your future business strategy, by highlighting the future trends in real estate. Essential to success for both investors and occupiers is good timing, careful selection of location, and delivering the right building to match a fast changing business world. This report will inform your future real estate decisions, and I would be ...

SUMMARY This report, the 4th developed by The Business of Cities, assembles the widest range of comparative studies and reports on city performance to date. It includes 200 indices in total, up from 160 in 2013. City indices are now devised and sponsored by nearly every kind of actor and institution operating in the urban field - including international institutions, business ...

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Office space take-up rates stabilized in 2014 compared to 2013. A take-up volume of 1.02 mln m² signifies an end to years of decline. Approximately 60% of the total take-up in the Netherlands in 2014 could be ascribed to the five major urban regions, with over one quarter taking place in the Amsterdam region.
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”Thus we could be looking at another year where central London is a difficult market for the typical British fund to buy into. For UK investors the regions should now be at the top of the agenda.”
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The third edition of the European cities hotel forecast is published against a backdrop of a region that has taken an economic pounding but is seeing clear evidence of economic recovery and returning confidence.
In terms of where hotels are compared to before the recession, in nominal terms the market is almost back at its pre-recession peak (reached during ...

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In this research report the main high streets of Istanbul (Istiklal, Nisantasi, Bagdat) were for the first time analyzed with regards to retail stock, category splits in terms of national/international and mass/luxury brands, annual take up volumes and new retailer entries in the last twelve months. This study highlights the importance of the existing and emerging high ...