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The difference between gross or net area
Gross or net area: how to establish it? Some tenants, on beginning their customisation work after signing the lease, are surprised to find (on ordering the carpet in particular) that the usable area is less than that stated in the lease, by 10 … Continue reading
Posted in Laws and Regulations, Luxembourg Business Areas
Tagged gross area, Letting and Sales, net area
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Core investments will continue to find backing
INDUSTRY INTERVIEW: Keith Burman, Senior Vice President, Global Alternatives Product Manager, Brown Brothers Harriman, Luxembourg, is one of the senior figures I like to consult on real estate matters. Keith attended the recent Global Real Estate Institute Europe Summit 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in Laws and Regulations, Real Estate Investment Funds, Valuation
Tagged AIFMD, EMIR, GRI 2011, regulated funds, Solvency II, unregulated funds
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RealCorp’s Spring 2011 Newsletter is here
We are excited about this latest issue of our newsletter, not only because it is the first one we have produced in English, and because we currently have some very interesting and valuable properties to highlight for readers’ attention, as … Continue reading
Posted in Green Buildings, Laws and Regulations, Rental
Tagged concierge services, wellness at work
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Perspectives on the Investment Market in 2011
What conditions are needed to stimulate the investment market to rise? With a better economic climate than at the beginning of last year, a return to confidence and lowering of risk aversion for many real estate players allows some optimism … Continue reading
Posted in Green Buildings, Laws and Regulations, Rental
Tagged Basel III, Solvency II
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Valuing the new RICS Valuer Registration Scheme
Given the volatility of markets in these turbulent times, investors in real estate and real estate funds naturally want to know that their advisors really are qualified to guide their choices and to manage their investments. Yet it is undeniable … Continue reading
Posted in Laws and Regulations, Real Estate Investment Funds, Rental, RICS, Standards
Tagged RICS
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Get the gen on Luxembourg commercial real estate
I promised last week to point to some of my sources for information on commercial real estate. Naturally, a lot of my knowledge comes directly from the people, properties and transactions that are part of daily activity at RealCorp. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Green Buildings, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate Investment Funds, Rental
Tagged RICS
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Where do you get Luxembourg funds and real estate investment information?
I use several sources and the Resources page on this site includes links to some of them. In this and subsequent posts, I’ll mention those that matter most to fund managers and to commercial property investors, developers and occupants. They … Continue reading
Posted in Green Buildings, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate Investment Funds, Rental
Tagged Basel III, RICS, Solvency II
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Luxembourg commercial real estate initiatives 2011
RealCorp’s winter newsletter, Hiver 2010-11 (in French), is now available for download. The editorial content is summarised below in English, but please refer to the newsletter itself for statistical graphs and for photographs and details of the excellent buildings on … Continue reading
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Where to with Basel III and Solvency II?
In the last quarter of 2010, with awareness that implementation was nigh, there was a flurry of speculative articles about the effect on the commercial property market of the much-debated regulatory instruments, Basel III (aimed at banks) and Solvency II … Continue reading
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Tagged Basel III, Solvency II
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Go green profitably in Luxembourg
It has again been a difficult year for banks, for businesses large and small, and for investors and consumers. However, as we approach the festive season and some well-earned time off, many of us can be thankful that a combination … Continue reading
