Latest Commercial Property News Articles

30 March, 2012:

Commercial Real Estate Loan Prices Rise in February

The aggregate value of Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loans priced by DebtX that collateralize CMBS climbed to 86.9% as of February 29, 2012 from 86.4% as of January 31, 2012. Loan values were 79.9% as of February 28, 2011.

28 March, 2012:

Boom run in foreign WA property ownership

According to global property experts CBRE and Jones Lang LaSalle, foreign investors bought record amounts of commercial property in 2010 and 2011.

19 March, 2012:

LA commercial property market 'stabilizing'

With the economy apparently stabilizing, commercial real estate investors have jumped into several markets in the West, brokers said.

14 March, 2012:

London 2012 Olympics doubles price of hotel rooms

An annual survey of hotel room prices has found that visitors to London will pay twice as much to stay as last year.

Hong Kong surpasses London for most expensive offices

Hong Kong is now the most expensive place to take office space, according to the latest figures from Knight Frank.

13 March, 2012:

UK commercial property values weaken in February

UK commercial property performance weakened in February, with total returns of 0.1%, as capital values fell by 0.4%, according to CBRE’s latest Monthly Index.

07 March, 2012:

Roch Castle near Haverfordwest: £6m refurbishment finished

A £6m refurbishment of a 13th Century Pembrokeshire castle once damaged in a Civil War siege has been completed.

05 March, 2012:

Commercial property industry economic output down by £2bn

Property industry leaders have urged the Scottish Government to work with the industry to do everything it possibly can to help unlock its potential for economic growth, as data reveals new orders for commercial development and repair work have fallen by a third since 2007.

24 February, 2012:

Kennedy Space Centre boldly goes where Nasa has never gone before: on a 'to let' list

Fifty years after John Glenn ushered in an era of American supremacy in space by orbiting the Earth, Nasa is fishing for tenants to rent disused facilities at its Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

Amazon’s plans for three new towers may swell Seattle office market by 7pc

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) plans to build three commercial towers in Seattle, potentially increasing the city’s downtown office space by 7 percent, based on the company’s preliminary development plans and figures from CBRE Group Inc. (CBG)

22 February, 2012:

Australian offices 'set to outperform other commercial assets'

The value of offices down under has been predicted to rise above other commercial property in Australia.

20 February, 2012:

Call to convert empty shops into homes

The Government has been urged to consider converting vacant high street shops into residential property, which experts say would have "an aesthetic and economic benefit".

14 February, 2012:

Dubai developers thrown retail lifeline as home sales sink

Dubai’s developers, battered by three years of falling prices for homes and offices, are seeking refuge in retail assets as shopping tourism powers the economy.

13 February, 2012:

Australian commercial property market 'broadly flat'

The commercial real estate sector in Australia stabilised in the final quarter of 2011, with capital value growth, investor demand and occupier and owner sentiment all "broadly flat".

Russia saw record commercial real estate growth in 2011, unlikely to be repeated

Last year saw record investment volumes into Russian commercial real estate with growth of over 200% above the level reached in 2010, according to the latest research by CBRE.