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LSA - A la UneLondon's prime new build residential real estate export market nets £1.4 billion a year (UK)
The prime London new build residential market is now being driven almost exclusively by international buyers, generating a net £1.4 billion (€1.7 bln) inflow of equity in 2011, according to new analysis from international real estate adviser, Savills. This means that its dynamics have more in common with Hong Kong and Singapore real estate than with the wider UK property market. Much of this overseas equity has been generated from off-plan sales, prior to completion and helped to forward-fund s
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:27:00 +0100Cushman & Wakefield: Beijing office market has world's fastest rental growth year-over-year
According to Cushman & Wakefield, Asia-Pacific – most notably Beijing – is experiencing a boom in office rents fuelled by rising demand and increasingly limited supply. As the Chinese calendar moves into the Year of the Dragon, prime office rents in Beijing have risen year-on-year by 75%, a steeper increase than 2010 (48%) and the highest increase of any city in the world during 2011. Beijing is now more expensive than Shanghai and is the third most costly city in Asia for occupiers taking offi
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:01:00 +0100JLL: Investors more bullish on cross border transactions
Jones Lang LaSalle’s Year End 2011 Global Capital Flows report shows there was US$410.6 billion of direct commercial investment in 2011, a 28% increase over 2010. Highlights from the report include: Cross border purchasing activity rose from 27 percent in 2010 to 31 percent in 2011 Cross border purchases remain stable, accounting for 30 percent of total volumes in Q4 2011 London finished 2011 as the most active city globally, with New York, Paris, Tokyo and Singapore completing the top
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:49:00 +0100
Retail WeekL'avenir est sombre pour les ventes de téléviseurs
Après des années de forte croissance en volume, les ventes de téléviseurs vont entamer un reflux à partir de 2012. Problématique pour l'avenir du secteur qui avait bâti son modèle économique sur la croissance des ventes en volume...
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:11:00 +0100Jean-Paul Onillon, nouveau patron des achats de Casino
Selon nos informations, Jean-Paul Onillon supervise désormais les achats alimentaires et non alimentaires de la centrale d’achats du groupe Casino, EMC, qui revendique la troisième place hexagonale en terme de puissance d’achat avec environ 13 % de parts de marché valeur (ex-aequo avec Intermarché) et la première ex-aequo pour les marques de distribution.
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:26:00 +0100Alimentation bio : la crise devrait ralentir la croissance
La croissance du marché alimentaire bio en France va ralentir pour plafonner à 5% en 2015 avec un chiffre d'affaires de 4,5 milliards d'euros, en raison de la dégradation de la conjoncture économique, révèle une étude du cabinet Xerfi.
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:35:00 +0100
Shopping Centre News (NY Times)Surrey Quays Shopping Centre 100,000 sqft extension plans
The owners of Surrey Quays Shopping Centre in south east London have submitted an application to extend the centre by 100,000 sq ft.
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:02 GMTPortas sets out new high street vision
Mary Portas has called for a “shift to a new, multi-functional, social high street”.
Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:48 GMTEssex shopping centre wins rates break
The Exchange shopping centre in Essex has won a 20% business rate reduction due to the threat to trade posed by Westfield Stratford City.
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:56 GMT
Making Over the Mall With Parks and Sermons
After decades of decline, malls across the country are being redeveloped by communities and planners trying to forge new gathering places out of vast lots with empty buildings.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500Hurled Shopping Carts at New York Malls Worry Shoppers
Two unusual crimes in Harlem and in the Bronx have left mallgoers worried.
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500Shopping Cart Hurled at Bronx Mall Injures 2 Men
One man remained in critical condition after the cart was dropped three floors, a chilling echo of a similar assault in October.
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500The 30-Minute Interview: Terry S. Brown
Mr. Brown is the chief executive of Edens, an independent owner and operator of shopping centers on the East Coast.
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500Redeveloped River Oaks Shopping Center in Houston Has Mobilized Architectural Preservationists
Architectural preservationists in Houston have been mobilized by a failure to stop Weingarten Realty Investors’ demolition and redevelopment of part of the River Oaks Shopping Center, dating back to 1937.
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500