Posted by: Colin Burnet
Retail Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research
The globalised nature of the world in which we live is visible in many aspects of our lives. Take a quick scan on Facebook to see how far and wide your friends are scattered, or alternatively just take a stroll down London’s prime retailing streets, Oxford Street, Regent Street or Bond Street, on a Friday lunchtime, and marvel at the huge variety of nationalities and accents on display. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: Robert Stassen
Capital Markets Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research
For direct real estate real investment 2013 was an excellent year, but what about 2014? Well, we are quite positive and we base our outlook on three factors. Firstly, core assets remain in strong demand as the global rotation into real estate by big pension and sovereign wealth funds is not over yet. Secondly, investors are increasingly buying into the recovery in Europe and in 2013 the market has already broadened. And finally, 2013 saw the first signs of rental growth and with the European economy slowly showing improvement, we believe that growth can be an important theme in 2014. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: Kateryna Kyryllova
APAC Corporate Research
Jones Lang LaSalle Asia Pacific
More and more companies are shifting their growth to emerging markets, and technology multinationals are showing the way. According to Jones Lang LaSalle’s Global Corporate Real Estate (CRE) Survey, technology companies are the most aggressive in expanding their footprint in emerging markets, with key growth destinations being BRIC countries, Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia (Fig. 1). Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: Alexandra Tornow
Industrial Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research
“What’s actually our view on 3D printing?” I had heard talk about 3D printing but was not at all familiar with the concept at the time the question was casually popped to me by a colleague. Certainly I did not have a view – let alone a ‘house view’ for the whole company. All I knew at the time seemed a bit … well a lot like science fiction really. It had never occurred to me there could be any significant impact on real estate. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: Emma Jackson
Corporate Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research
Moved into new home in October (after many months waiting in a housing chain..). Enjoying doing it up and unleashing my ideas on interior design. There is only one thing that obviously lets it down now in my opinion – the kitchen (which only loosely meets the definition of the word). Obviously for me as with most people money is definitely an issue, especially after all the start-up costs. A few years ago I would not have contemplated such a big spend. But now, with housing prices on the up and the jobs markets looking more buoyant I am feeling the confidence to take this step and invest further in the property – after all it is not wasted money as it can be realised at a later date. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: Lee Elliott
Corporate Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research
Just after the financial crisis hit, I was asked to present to a new corporate client. It became apparent during my preparation that the senior most attendee from the client shared my love of Charlton Athletic Football Club. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: Andrew Burrell
Head of Forecasting Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research
Anyone who keeps in touch with the news will have noticed the increasingly upbeat economic announcements over the last 6 months or so. We have seen a very sharp turnaround from the near hopelessness of only a year ago when Europe seemed mired in a post-financial-crisis rut. UK and Eurozone economies emerged from recession by mid-2013 and, by the start of this year, sentiment had hit a 3-year high across the EU. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: James Brown
Head of European Retail Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research
Whilst high unemployment, particularly in the southern Eurozone combined with historically high levels of consumer debt in many European economies and the impact of fiscal consolidation represent real risk, on balance, the positives currently outweigh the negatives. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: Jon Neale
Head of Research UK
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research
The research year in the UK begins with a swathe of property predictions events around the country. This gives a travelling speaker such as myself a chance to analyse and see how our major cities are performing.
My first stop was Birmingham. The office market has a relatively high vacancy rate, at least partly a result of obsolescence. Take-up has also admittedly been lower than historic averages, but nevertheless has still been the second highest of any of the ‘Big Six’ regional cities over the past five years. It certainly feels like a city on the up. Having grown up on its outskirts, a visit to me always highlights how much its appearance has improved since the 1980s. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: Lee Elliott
Corporate Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research
Those architects of BritPop, Blur, once recorded an album entitled ‘Modern Life is Rubbish’. It is not a sentiment I support. In fact when it comes to modern living and working my glass is most certainly three quarters full. To me technology, so often criticised as taking society to the abyss, has an empowering quality. It enables greater efficiency, productivity and creativity – all of which are core requirements of the modern office worker, and therefore the modern office. Read the rest of this entry »
