- Tariffs and Trade Could Stall Economy
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Combined, the tariffs on China and potential penalties on Mexico are tough to shake off. Additionally, the timing is terrible because it complicates the crucial ratification of the USMCA. The damage from tariffs and trade wars won’t show up in the data for months.
- International Beat
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Ireland's $213M big deal | Hong Kong tops for office rents | Industrial booming north of the border | Global markets to watch
- Worldview: China
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The Chinese economy continues to grow — but that expansion is simply not enough when compared to historical trends.
- International Beat
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London's
Big Deal
London's office space market is about to get a whole lot bigger with 51 new developments starting construction in the six-month period from October 2015 to March this year. It's the highest level of construction in 20 years, according to Deloitte Real Estate's London Office Crane surv
- Worldview: Canada
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The new year is looking up for the Canadian commercial real estate market, with a 14.6 percent quarter-over-quarter increase in 3Q2020.
- The View from Abroad
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Maggie Coleman, managing partner with BFIN, where she leads the Private Capital Authority real estate platform, discusses how the U.S. economy, battered by COVID-19, is still the gold standard when it comes to stability — something that is important to foreign capital in need of safe harbor.
- International Beat
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A look at the latest in commercial real estate industry around the globe.
- Navigating Stormy Seas
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For most real estate analysts, the beginning perspective for retail real estate market analysis is often a site in search of a user, according to “A Rational Approach to Feasibility Analysis” in The Appraisal Journal. This is consistent with the theory that a user can pay the most to occupy a site since the user can place it into productive use immediately. An astute investor or developer values the property based on what the user can afford to pay to occupy the space.
The Graaskamp Legacy reiterated the Graaskamp courses of action that exist in real estate feasibility, which include the site in search of user, site selection, and an investor looking for an investment property.For years, the Chicago Housing Authority was the poster child for
development gone wrong. Cabrini Green, for example, became a breeding
ground for crime and was far more dangerous than the housing it
replaced. On the bright side, Austin, Texas, shows how good development
planning enhances a city's prosperity enticing more companies and
employees.
- Worldview: United Kingdom
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Like so many global markets, the United Kingdom’s commercial real estate market is feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, with $17.9 billion in CRE investment for the first half of 2020,
- International Beat
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Australia's $188M Australian big deal | The most affordable office markets | Up and coming European sectors | Top rental rates and markets in the world
- Transformative Investments
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- International Beat
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Australia's Big Deal
In what is being called the biggest direct real estate deal in Australia's history, China Investment Corp. purchased nine office towers in Melbourne, Sidney, and Brisbane, from Morgan Stanley for around $1.8 billion, making the sovereign wealth fund one of the largest office landlords
- Port Call
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Port Call by Sara S. Patterson Working in commercial real estate at multiple ports around the U.S. is a hidden opportunity for which CCIMs are uniquely qualified. “While professionals
- Eastern Promise
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- International Beat
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Europe's 100M-euro big deal | Global markets to watch | India's office market shows gains | APAC medical centers looking healthy | Land transactions strong in Canada
- International Property Measurement Standards
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Suppose you’re considering a purchase, such as a tablet, and decide to comparison shop among several different manufacturers. However, when you do a little research, you find the specs for an item, such as storage capacity, are measured differently from
- Global Outreach
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As investors continue their search for stability and yield, accelerated capital flows into global real estate are set to continue in 2015. Macro and micro economic, demographic, and global shifts — coupled with increasing allocations from sovereign wealth funds, pension
- Worldview: Japan
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While the Japanese economy continues its modest growth, with a 0.4 percent bump in gross domestic product for 3Q2019, the real estate market took a step back in the latter half of last year. Tokyo proved to be a bright spot for Japan.
- Worldview: South Korea
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South Korea distinguished itself among Asia-Pacific countries as the only market to see deal volume increase compared to year-over-year numbers.
- Worldview: Brazil
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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to produce chaos in global economies in 2021. Brazil suffered a sharp contraction in gross domestic product in 1Q2021 of 1.5 percent, with unemployment inching upward to 12.9 percent in May.
- Common Ground
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Plenty of unknowns occur in any international commercial
real estate transaction. Differences in language, laws, and business practices
can complicate any deal that crosses global borders, so anything that provides
a common ground can make the deal go more smoothly.