Resources
Property September 2007
Inside this issue
• Cautious mood in Europe and the US even before the credit crunch
• Late introduction of Reits in the UK results in failures
• The health of occupier markets boosts the confidence of developers and investors - -
Content
Trends: The bull run is now just a distant memory
Even before July’s credit squeeze, there were negative signs in the market, says Jim Pickard
Property stocks: Managers forced to change tack
Companies employ defensive strategies as they try to alleviate the fears of shareholders, says Jim Pickard
Profile: Europe’s malls face shake-up
Ross Tieman meets Guillaume Poitrinal, the man behind the newly-merged Unibail-Rodamco
The debt market: Waiting to see if the party’s over
Jim Pickard takes the temperature in Europe in the wake of turmoil in the financial markets
Occupier markets: Investors set to pay closer attention
Jim Pickard looks at rental trends on the European continent
Architecture: Dereliction of duty to glass
Edwin Heathcote laments the ubiquity and ennui of too many glazed skyscrapers
CEO interview: Wrong to paint doom and gloom picture
Jim Pickard meets Alistair Hughes, the head of Jones Lang LaSalle for Europe
Reit or wrong, they came too late
Reits were introduced too late in the ‘mature’ stage of the UK cycle, syas guest columnist Mike Prew
New market needs old skills
Old-fashioned ‘hands-on’ property development looks set to return to the fore, says Jim Pickard
Facts and Figures: Investors grapple with debt crisis fallout
Sabina Kalyan, chief economist at Investment Property Databank, looks at the latest data
