Global Real Estate Monitor
A Monthly Newsletter Exclusively for Commercial Real Estate Executives
SubscriptionContact Us
Sponsored by GE Real Estate - Produced by National Real Estate Investor Magazine April   2009  VOL. 2    

Archives    
 
GE Real Estate

1500 employees in 31 markets

$85 billion in assets

Learn More
 












Exception to the Rule?
Hotel development continues in Asia 

The fastest growing tourism destinations over the next decade will be in Asia, and there are predictions that China will emerge as the No.1 inbound tourism market within 10 years, overtaking France, Spain, and the United States. By the end of next year, international visitor arrivals into Asia are expected to more than double to 500 million people.

Industry experts believe the short-term and long-term economic outlook for most Asian countries is better than countries in other regions, making Asia an attractive locale for hotel investment – both development and acquisition.
Read Article ...
















In Good Times and Bad Times:
How to deepen relationships during downturns

Veteran commercial real estate professionals say the business is all about relationships – building and maintaining relationships. Yet relationships often take a backseat to transactions during hot markets.

Today’s market – when leasing velocity is slow across all sectors and investment sales activity is close to nonexistent – provides the opportunity to focus on relationships, says Dave Marcum, a management and leadership consultant with FranklinCovey Co., a leading training and consulting firm based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Read Article ...
Briefs

Investment Notes

Financial services jobs are being more widely dispersed among the nation’s office markets, creating opportunities for commercial real estate investment in new cities. Of 1990’s top 10 financial markets, three have been replaced by new, faster-growing markets, and four of the remaining seven now have a lower concentration of financial employment than they had 18 years ago (see chart below).
More...

Foreign Exchange

Nearly 60 percent of Europe’s largest banks are closed to new business and are not lending against commercial real estate, according to a recently released survey from Cushman & Wakefield. The remaining banks that are willing to lend to new clients have specific conditions, and they are only willing to provide debt to established borrowers for well-leased, prime assets.
More ...


 
GE

For questions concerning delivery of this newsletter, please contact our Customer Service Department at:
Customer Service Department
NREI Magazine
A Penton Media publication
US Toll Free: 866-505-7173
International:
847-763-9504
Email:global.realestate@penton.com

Penton Media
249 W. 17th Street
New York, NY 10011

GE Disclaimer:
Click here

To unsubscribe from this newsletter go to: Unsubscribe

Copyright 2009,  Penton Media.. All rights reserved. This article is protected by United States copyright and other intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, rewritten, distributed, re-disseminated, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast, directly or indirectly, in any medium without the prior written permission of Penton Media.