News portal Colliers News
Written on 23 September 2008 by infoColliers International, the leading international consulting company, rendering services in the field of the commercial real estate, declares about start of new information portal Colliers News. This resource will unite news from 293 offices of the company worldwide. The portal will become the first resource of a similar sort in the commercial real estate market.
Colliers News has been developed with the purpose of centralization of all news and messages Colliers International concerning activity. Its primary goal - is to simplify distribution of news among mass media and representatives of key audiences. On a site the base of press releases and news will be presented, access to necessary contacts is provided; the RSS-channel of the fresh information from all points of globe is adjusted.
Largest transaction in the real estate market is signed in Europe
Written on 16 September 2008 by infoRegistration in long-term rent of headquarters of bank Banco Santander (Madrid, Spain) has taken 1,9 billion euro from company Propinvest. For such scale operation it was necessary to borrow means from banks Royal Bank of Scotland, HSH Nordbank and Bayern LB.
Total area of the complex leased for 40 years, makes 175 thousand square meters. About 9 thousand people work in this office.
Banco Santander SA enters into the five largest banks of the world on volume of market capitalization. The bank totals nearby 10 thousand branches and 65 million clients all over the world.
Asymmetric skyscraper will be constructed in New York
Written on 16 September 2008 by infoIn New York construction of 57-storeyed inhabited skyscraper has been started at Leonard Street. According to designers from Swiss architectural bureau Herzog and de Meuron asymmetrical forms will become distinctive feature of the building.
Skyscraper will have 135 apartments - two- and five-sleeping residences - and ten penthouses, which would deviate from 133 up to 592 square meters. Premises will be non-uniformly put against each other due to what the unusual form of a high-altitude building will be reached. It will be possible to get an exclusive apartment in this skyscraper just for 33 million dollars.
The building will be built in the fourth quarter 2010.
Miracle-hotel waits for the first visitors
Written on 12 September 2008 by infoIt is the most long-awaited resort in the world, and the best way to visit it is to arrange a grandiose party. Owners of the smartest hotel in Dubai will spend nearby 16 million for celebratory night on November, 20th.
Atlantis The Palm, located on top of half moon Palm Jumeirah, - the project, unique even for the United Arab Emirates, and this country, - is famous for the epic scope. Royal Towers - the most effective part of a complex - already designate glory of new sight of Dubai (where, we shall remind, Burj Dubai and man-made islands have been already located). Towers are connected by the bridge, on which Bridge Suite settles down. It is the most expensive hotel room in the Emirates. It has three bedrooms with windows from the floor up to the ceiling, and in a dining room there is a table on 16 persons, covered with mosaic gold.
The hotel has 17 restaurants and bars, among which there are such well-known restaurants as Nobu and Rostang - an authentic Parisian bar. The restaurants will offer a wide choice of seafood. The alternative to them is made by Stakehouse, restaurants of the Arabian and Italian kitchen, and also romantic place Nasimi.
Conference-center Atlantis, the Palm is just in several minutes of driving from a business centre of Dubai and not far from the airports of Dubai and Abu-Dhabi. The area of a conference-center makes 5600 square meters, and it is equipped with the newest techniques.
Prices for houses in Britain have decreased
Written on 7 September 2008 by infoThe prices for houses in the Great Britain have decreased in August, 2008 on 1,8 % in monthly calculation. Such information has been represented in review Halifax, prepared by bank HBOS.
Reduction of prices for three months, which have come to the end in August, has made 10,9 % in annual calculation.
Analysts expected, that in August the prices will decrease on 1,8 %.
Largest European spa-resort will be constructed in Croatia
Written on 7 September 2008 by infoLargest in the Europe spa-complex will appear at the Adriatic coast.
The resort complex under the name Novi Spa Hotel and Resort will have two hotels of “premium” class, the spa-center, 20 elite country houses, shopping center and the congress-hall. A total area of a resort will make 311 thousand square meters. Investors - Croatian companies Lir and Orbis - will spend € 150 million on a construction only the first turn of a complex. it will be already possible to visit a spa-resort in the autumn of 2009.
Amtel-Vredestein will construct hotels in Russia
Written on 30 August 2008 by infoIndian businessman Sudhir Gupta, the founder of holding Amtel-Vredestein, together with Singapore City Developments will construct in Russia two hotel networks Iris Congress Hotel and Gold Orchard Hotels.
Iris Congress Hotel will operate hotels of “3-4 stars” level, Gold Orchard Hotels - apart-hotels.
According to one of capital hoteliers, till 2012 it is planned to construct five hotels with 1,5 thousand room-numbers.
Swedes expect falling of prices
Written on 30 August 2008 by infoThe majority of Swedes consider, that the prices for the real estate will fall or, at least, will not grow. Such data has been received in result of interrogation of 1 thousand respondents, lead by Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank (SEB).
Only 32 % of house owners consider that the prices for habitation will grow in the future. The last month they were more optimistic - then 36 % of inhabitants believed in it.
At the same time, Swedes consider that in the future the Central Bank of Sweden will keep the rate under credits at a level of 4,9 %.
The present interest rate in the country makes 4,5 %.
US Ministry of Finance: housing crisis will not finish this year
Written on 19 August 2008 by infoUS Minister of Finance Henry Paulson does not expect correction of a situation in the real estate market of the USA.
In interview of broadcasting company NBC he has declared, that crisis in this market, which is characterized by a proceeding falling of the prices for habitation and growth of number of bankruptcies because of inability to pay off on hypothec to credits, is their main economic problem as the countries.
According to Paulson, the government does not have plans of rendering of the emergency help to two hypothec companies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which finance about 70 % of all transactions under the mortgage in the USA though the last month the Congress has allocated the American Ministry of Finance with powers to get their shares.
Thus, from Paulson’s point of view, the government should support these institutes, having strengthened the control over them as the confidence of world investors depends on their stability in many respects.
In May prices for houses in 20 US largest mega cities have fallen on 15,8 % in comparison with the same period of the last year. In the second quarter the number of alienations of habitation for debts has jumped up on 121 % in comparison with the second quarter of the last year.
Experts: prices for houses in the USA will fall on 20 %
Written on 14 August 2008 by infoThe prices for houses in the USA will decrease on 20 %, and present crisis of hypothec financing only passed equator. Such opinion has been made by Richard F. Syron, chapter of Freddie Mac -hypothec giant sponsored by the state.
During a teleconference with investors Syron has told that earlier it was obvious, that the prices for houses would decrease at least on 15 %, but present economic conditions assume, and that the real estate market is still far from stabilization.
According to Syron the prices for houses would soon fall on 18-20%… and crisis has only reached the middle.
