When it comes to hotel investing, the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) in Los Angeles last week saw the announcement of five dynamics driving the market by Jones Lang LaSalle's Hotels & Hospitality Group (JLL). To comparison with the previous three-year average, J...

As the number of people moving to new suburban areas with long commutes to major retail hubs rises, mini-malls are soon becoming an important new retail sector segment in Santiago. An estimated 26,000 square meters of mini-mall retail space became available last year, accordin...

A combination of the country's excellent economic situation, innovative retail format potential, and worldwide opportunities has spurred Chilean merchants into action. Major Chilean retailers aim to spend $7.143 billion by 2017, according to a research in the business journal...

One of the biggest achievements of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton, besides establishing the world's first worldwide hotel network, has brought his hotel properties over numerous periods of serious economic difficulty. The Hilton has announced that it is developing its fif...

Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Lima, and Santiago emerged as important strategic markets for Latin America in 2011 according to a recent hotel investment study by Jones Lang LaSalle. FocusOn: Strategic Spots for South American Hotel Investment, a proprietary research report carried out...

The President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez, would receive it. Fernandez has been criticized throughout the previous eight months for limiting US funds to citizen expenditure in Argentina. His new carrot-on-a-stick approach promises to build 400,000 low-cost houses to elimi...

According to new statistics from Knight Frank, a London-based 115-year-old consultancy firm, China remains the hottest residential property market in the world despite Beijing's efforts to push prices down and limit development over the previous three years. Newmark Knight Fra...

Ecuador, a very tiny 110,000 square mile west South American nation with thousands and thousands of sparkly, deserted sandy beaches, is undergoing an economic boom that is bringing about new projects throughout the country. directory However, don't expect to fly to enjoy a bit...

After years of being prohibited from buying commercial immobilization in Europe, US investors finally reach the frequently financially stressed property market of the continent, notably in the UK, Germany and France.According to Real Capital Analytics in New York City, in the...

The Housing Market in Hong Kong is Under Pressure Due to the Weakening EconomyBecause Hong Kong is hampered by a deteriorating economy and market uncertainty continues, local developers are adopting increasingly conservative bidding techniques in government land sales, accordi...

In the next two months, downward pressure on second-hand properties will intensify.According to JLL, a worldwide real estate consultancy, Hong Kong's mass residential property prices fell 8.3% year on year in May 2016. Secondary housing prices stabilized in May 2016, according...

According to JLL's Macau Mid-Year Property Review and Forecast, which was released today, the Macau property market continued to consolidate in 1H16, albeit at a slower pace, as the city's gaming income fell for the 25th consecutive month. copany In June 2016, Macau's casino i...

In the Netherlands Antilles, the legislation is PRO-TENANT because tenants are hard to remove when rents are negotiated freely. adhunters Rents: Can landlord and tenant agree to rents freely in the Netherlands? Holiday villa in the Netherlands Antilles Rents are freely negotia...

According to CBRE's latest Global Prime Office Costs report, the western end of London remained the world's most expensive office market, while Asia continued to dominate the world's most costly office locations, accounting for three of the top five markets. adhunter The surve...

Property acquired by a person who owns property in the Netherlands is taxable (recht van sucessie). Several additional kinds of transfer of land, e.g. gifts from a testator within 180 days before death and earnings from a life insurance arrangement for which the testator pays...

Banyan Tree Holdings Limited, a Singapore-based luxury resort operator, wants to extend its footprint in Europe and the Americas and revive projects that were put on hold during the 2008 financial crisis. In Spain, Greece, and Mexico, Banyan Tree will resuscitate initiatives....

Do you want to start a discussion? Tell a discerning traveler that such-and-such a hotel has the world's greatest art collection. Wait and see what happens. You'll almost certainly be involved in a vigorous debate - or quarrel. I've compiled my own Top 10 list. And I'm all for...

The European press is awash with rumours that Qatar's emir has bought six Greek islands for €8.5 million ($11.1 million). Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who is said to enjoy yachting in the Greek islands, plans to utilize the Ioanian Sea islands for vacations and "to build...

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced a EUR 1.1 trillion quantitative easing package to support the Eurozone economy over the next 18 months, according to CBRE, and this will have a mixed impact on the APAC real estate market.CBRE's Global Chief Economist, Dr. Richard Bark...

Office space in Hong Kong is more than twice as expensive as top commercial property in any other worldwide metropolis, according to property consultancy Knight Frank. Knight Frank analyzed capital values for premier offices in 32 locations as part of its 2015 forecast for glo...

According to Cushman and Wakefield, property investment activity in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) would expand significantly in 2015. EMEA investment volumes are expected to rise 20% next year to €247 billion ($300 billion USD), up from an estimated €206 billion (...

Global office markets will rebound slowly, according to Cushman & Wakefield's Global Office Forecast released this week, with many important markets ready to continue growing in 2012 and 2013. While office markets around the world started the year strong, concern and uncer...

According to Jones Lang LaSalle's Offices 2020 Report, the traditional landlord-tenant relationship is undergoing a seismic change. According to the study, 80% of real estate professionals feel tenants are becoming more powerful and demanding more from their landlords and inve...

According to Jones Lang LaSalle, European industrial investment volumes rebounded sharply in the third quarter, totaling €2.3 billion, up 13% year on year. This comes after a sluggish second quarter, when volumes fell by 14%. As a result, the year-to-date total of €6.8 billion...

Fundamentals are strengthening across several office markets in the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe as we approach into 2015, according to Cushman & Wakefield's newly issued 2015-2016 Global Office Forecast. "From a worldwide perspective, 2014 was a healthier year for t...

New York's Upper Fifth Avenue has surpassed Hong Kong's Causeway Bay as the world's most costly shopping area, according to Cushman & Wakefield's flagship retail research report, Main Streets Across the World. In the 12 months to September 2014, prime retail rents climbed...

The rising surge of urban living is leading to heightened demand for prime residential properties in key global cities, according to a new luxury residential property report from CBRE called Global Living Survey: Global Cities Compared, which compares the world's key global ci...

(BOGOTA, COLOMBIAN REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN REPU The 10th annual Andean Gaming Trade Show will be held in Bogota on April 22-23, with 5,000 international authorities, entrepreneurs, and distinguished guests expected to participate. According to José Anbal Ag...

According to fresh data, asking rentals for offices in Caracas, Venezuela have risen by 80 percent in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year. According to Jones Lang LaSalle data, average rates for Class A office space in Caracas reached $150 per squa...

OMA, the Rem Koolhaas-led architecture company, has won an international competition to design a 680-acre mixed-use civic center for Bogotá, Colombia, dubbed the "biggest institutional master-plan in Latin America in 50 years."A "curved, public space axis" connecting parks, go...