European logistics and industrial markets start positive into the year – Q1 results released by Jones Lang LaSalle Research

13/05/2013

Alexandra TornowPosted by: Alexandra Tornow
Industrial Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research

This week, we have released our Q1 results on European logistics and industrial markets.

  • Logistics and industrial investment showed a strong start to the year – volumes reached €3 billion, more than double that recorded in Q1 2012 and 5% above Q4 2012
  • The logistics occupier market showed a more mixed picture – take-up amounted to 2.9 million sq m, the same volume than in Q1 2012 but 21% down on Q4 2012 due to increased occupier caution amid the economic outlook
  • Prime rents and yields remained broadly stable over the quarter

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UK Retail : British Land signs deal with BT to provide Wi-Fi at its Shopping Centres

13/05/2013

Jonathan BayfieldPosted by: Jonathan Bayfield
Retail Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research

One of the big stories in the UK retail sector this week is that customers at British Land’s shopping centres will be able to enjoy free Wi-Fi later this year. As many of you know, for me, this is really great news!

British Land’s full shopping centre portfolio will benefit from the deal with BT Wi-Fi. Additionally to providing free Wi-Fi to its shopping centre customers, British Land has come to an arrangement to work with BT to try and deliver a strong Wi-Fi offering at a number of its open air shopping parks. Read the rest of this entry »

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5 reasons the European logistics real estate investment market will benefit from growing e-commerce

08/05/2013

Alexandra TornowPosted by: Alexandra Tornow
Industrial Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research

Over the last two weeks my working days have been filled with conversations related to our latest white paper A new logistics real estate landscape – The impact of multi-channel retail on logistics. In particular developers and investors are keen to explore the opportunities – and understand the challenges – that arise with the evolution of e-commerce in the logistics real estate sector. Read the rest of this entry »

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UK Retail : Selfridges launches drive-thru click-and-collect, as Littlewoods is first to commercialise Facebook

08/05/2013

Jonathan BayfieldPosted by: Jonathan Bayfield
Retail Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research

 

A number of announcements this week have further illustrated how truly multi-channel the retail sector is becoming. Read the rest of this entry »

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UK Retail : UK avoids triple dip recession, as high street sales volumes fall in March

30/04/2013

Jonathan BayfieldPosted by: Jonathan Bayfield
Retail Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research

Some positive news this week, as the UK economy managed to exceed analysts’ expectations and achieve growth of 0.3% in Q1, thus avoiding an unprecedented triple dip recession, and providing a timely boost to sentiment after an uncertain beginning to 2013. Unfortunately, notwithstanding this progression, the UK’s GDP is still 2.6% below its pre-recession peak in the first quarter of 2008. For me those times seem like an eternity away, before I even started in this industry. The service sector was the main basis of growth in the first quarter, growing by 0.6% and contributing almost 0.5 percentage points to GDP. Sales in the retail sector fell in January and March, but a strong February helped it notch up growth of 0.3% overall in the quarter. Read the rest of this entry »

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From Obsolescence to Resilience

17/04/2013

Karen WilliamsonPosted by: Karen Williamson
UK Offices Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research

Unlike the fresh faced Research team at Jones Lang LaSalle, much of the UK’s office stock is old and worn out.  As much as 22% of the commercial building stock in the UK dates from before 1960. As highlighted in our latest report From Obsolescence to Resilience , the current rate of building replacement across Europe has been estimated at just 1-2% per year.  We would argue this is nowhere near enough to keep obsolescence at bay. Read the rest of this entry »

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Is flexible / remote working good for business?

12/04/2013

Emma JacksonPosted by: Emma Jackson
Corporate Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research

This debate has recently become a hot topic after Yahoo’s chief executive officer (CEO) Marissa Mayer announced a ban of employees working from home.

Since the global downturn began many companies opted to increase the use of flexible or remote working.  There were a range of drivers.  First, given the inability to offer increases in compensation and benefit, flexible working has been used as an ‘employer of choice’ strategy.  Second, it became a means to realise cost savings by lowering the amount of office space occupied.  Thirdly, such space reduction has also endorsed corporate social responsibility and environmental credentials. Read the rest of this entry »

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Multi-channel retail equals multi-channel logistics

25/03/2013

Alexandra TornowPosted by: Alexandra Tornow
Industrial Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research

 

Don’t we all appreciate the promise of the almost unlimited choice the online world is providing us with, and also the convenience of when and where to pick up our order or send it back without any additional cost if we don’t like it? But do we actually consider what this means in terms of the process and the huge changes currently taking place in logistics to support the growth of online-driven, multi-channel distribution? Read the rest of this entry »

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Collaborate in order to contribute

18/03/2013

Emma Jackson amended 2010Posted by: Emma Jackson
Corporate Research
Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA Research

If the economy were a colour, it would probably be a dreary grey, with just a few discernible brighter spots sprinkled in its midst. Over time of course, we have become accustomed to the economic doldrums, from which we are finding it difficult to emerge. CRE teams are no exception. Over the last 5 years, they have identified and delivered an impressive array of cost savings for many companies in relatively short time frames.  Unsurprisingly this has fuelled future expectations of what they can achieve going forwards and the pressure to cut or avoid costs wherever possible is now greater than ever. Read the rest of this entry »

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Cash buyers dominate the Dubai market

13/03/2013

Craig_PlumbPosted by: Craig Plumb
Head of Research MENA
Jones Lang LaSalle MENA Research

The Dubai real estate market is showing signs of recovery for the first time since it was so seriously impacted by the global financial crises in 2008.  While the recovery has been led by the hotel market, there are now signs that prices and rents are increasing again in the residential sector.  To date this recovery has been focussed on the upper end of the market (particularly in the villa sector) but we expect 2013 to result in a broader based recovery. Read the rest of this entry »

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