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In This Issue
>   Global Investment
Europe dominates investment activity
>   European Green Building:
EU Directive Takes Effect in 2009
>   Exploring Canada
Comparing Eastern and Western Provinces
Briefs
>   Investment Notes
>   Foreign Exchange
>   Did You Know?
 


 


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Global Investment
Europe dominates investment activity

Europe became the world's most active real estate investment market in 2007, with $349 billion worth of commercial property changing hands. In 2007, the region accounted for nearly 40 percent of the world's transaction volume, which increased 29 percent to $930 billion, according to Cushman & Wakefield Inc. Read Article...

European Green Building
EU Directive Takes Effect in 2009

The European Union is serious about climate change, and with more than 40 percent of carbon emissions attributable to commercial buildings, it has focused on building performance and energy efficiency. Read Article ...

Exploring Canada
Comparing Eastern and Western Provinces

For several decades, commercial real estate investors from across the globe pretty much ignored Canada in favor of its neighbor to the south. But, over the past several years, investment in Canada's commercial property markets has boomed. Read Article ...
Briefs

Investment Notes

During the past two years, the flood of money into infrastructure funds has been astonishing: the world's 20 largest now have nearly $130 billion under management, 77 percent of it raised in 2006 and 2007 and about 63 percent from new entrants. Taking into account leverage, a billion dollars of equity funding could, in some situations, pay for up to $10 billion in projects, according to McKinsey & Co., a global consulting firm.

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Foreign Exchange

Although the sale of U.S.-based companies and assets to foreign investors has raised concerns that the economic sovereignty of the United States may be compromised, foreign ownership of financial assets has increased in every region, not just the U.S.

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Did You Know?

The United States could reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 3.0 to 4.5 gigatons of carbon dioxide by 2030 by using tested approaches and high-potential emerging technologies, according to a recent study by global consulting firm McKinsey & Co.

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