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Scot Holland | CB Richard Ellis has announced the successful closing of a deal and signing of a Lease Agreement for new office premises for ING Bank in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The new premises have a total area of more than 190 sqm and are located in the “Кen Dala” Business Center. Scot Holland | CB Richard Ellis was appointed by ING Bank as the primary consultant and Agent for this transaction.The he...

The summer months saw a slowdown in European commercial real estate investment to €23.1 billion. Whilst this is a 6% fall quarter-on-quarter (€24.6 billion in Q2 2010), compared to Q3 2009 (€18.6 billion) there has still been a healthy increase of 24%, shows a new CB Richard Ellis European Investment Quarterly MarketView as of Q3 2010. The reduced investment turnover reflects recent trends in prop...

Total European property investment turnover slowed slightly from Q2 to Q3 2010, despite 60% jump in activity in Central and Eastern Europe.CB Richard Ellis reports that CEE region sees strongest growth in Q3 real estate investment activity. Total European property investment turnover slowed slightly from Q2 to Q3 2010, despite 60% jump in activity in Central and Eastern Europe.The summer months sa...

As the world’s most international real estate market, London attracts over a quarter of investment between global regions during the recent recovery period.London captured 27 percent of all cross-regional investment transactions during 2009 and the first half (H1) of 2010, according to new research by leading real estate advisors CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), which explores, among other trends, the deg...

Drop in government bond yields makes real estate with long-term income security even more attractive. The polarised recovery of prime and secondary commercial property markets, which has characterised the European real estate landscape over the last year and a half and has seen investment interest highly concentrated at the prime end, is expected to continue for the foreseeable future, CB Richard...

Scot Holland | CBRE has announced the closing of a deal for securing new office premises with a total area of more than 300 sqm for the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Astana, Kazakhstan. After the official visit of President Nursultan Nazarbaev to Pakistan in February 1992, a diplomatic agreement was signed between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Th...

The report highlights that net inflows turned positive again, with €250 million and €601 million net investment reported in June and July respectively. The continuing falls in German government bond yields and low returns that other Publikumsfonds, such as money-markets funds, are offering at the moment form part of the reason why some new capital has flown into the sector. With interest rates pre...

CBRE secures global, regional and local accolades in international poll CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has been named the top global real estate advisor and consultancy firm in the 2010 Euromoney Real Estate Awards. This is the fourth time the company has won this prestigious title since Euromoney began the awards in 2005. Euromoney, a leading international finance publication, annually polls its readers...

European retail investment activity reached €15.7 billion in H1 2010, with investor demand expected to remain strong into H2 2010. This is a 15% increase on the €13.6 billion reported in H2 2009. Retail was the only sector in the European commercial real estate investment market to see a rapid increase in cross-border flows. Cross-border investment accounted for 40% of the market in H1 2010, with...