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Tuesday, 22.05.2012

Main events in the commercial real estate market April 30 - May 13 | Research

Main events in the commercial real estate market for April 23-29 | Research

  Entrepreneurs Dmitry Ignatenko and Alexander Zara are starting to develop a chain of NordSee Restaurants on a sub-franchising scheme. In 2010, the businessmen obtained a franchise from the NordSee European fast food fish restaurant chain for St. Petersburg and Moscow. Read about this and other major events of last week in the CRE review.   

Main events in commercial real estate for April 16-22 | Research

On April 19, at a gala event in Moscow, an annual independent awards ceremony was held – the Commercial Real Estate Moscow Awards 2012, where at names of the best projects and people in 2011 were announced. Read about this and other major events that took place last week in the new CRE review.   

Investors are choosing "green" offices | Research

More than 40 commercial real estate properties, some of which are still under construction in Russia, have submitted documents to obtain their corresponding “green certificates” – either LEED or BREEAM, says Kseniya Agapova, manager of environmental innovation at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).

Main events in commercial real estate for April 9 - 15 | Research

The retail real estate market is showing stable development. | Research

The retail real estate market is showing stable development. Due to the increased competition in the segment of conventional shopping centers in Russia, they expect a boom in the development of new formats, such as retail parks and outlet centers.

New warehouses coming to St. Petersburg | Research

According to the study conducted by Astera in alliance with BNP Paribas Real Estate, there were no new warehouses opened in St. Petersburg during the 1st quarter of 2012. However, the experts claim the situation is changing fast, and we can expect significant new areas in the next quarter.

More and more empty offices in St. Petersburg | Research

According to a study conducted by Astera in alliance with BNP Paribas Real Estate, the average level of vacancies in the high-quality business centers of St. Petersburg in the first quarter of 2012 rose to 9.3%, against the 7.5% level in the 4th quarter of 2011. This increase is a result of a significant amount of new ‘Class A’ office buildings brought onto the market in 2011.

Main events in the commercial real estate market for April 2-8 | Research

Oleg Boyko, the owner of the Finstar Investment Holding Company, intends to sell his last asset in grocery retail. Read about this event and other major events of the previous week, in the new CRE review.

 

Recentralization of offices across Europe | Research

According to CBRE, despite the unfavorable economic mood and tension in the financial markets, the demand for office real estate in Europe, the Middle East and Africa remained stable in 2011, and was approximately similar to that in 2010. Some of the largest office real estate markets have shown a significant increase in leasing activity, in comparison with 2010 - Paris, Milan and Munich.