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The Blackstone portfolio company Legence wants to be a one-stop shop for landlords. A Real Estate Board of New York study found that the total penalties could top $213 million. Its ICS became the strategic planner, its CMTA, which designed the first net-zero school in the United States, designed the upgrades, and its Gilbert Mechanical installed the new heating, cooling, ventilation, and lighting hardware. How to do itIt may still be a challenge to coordinate decarbonization processes, which don't come naturally to large-scale real-estate operators, Boland said. Legence plans to grow the business's geographic scope and increase its depth in current markets, including Colorado and California, Sprau said.
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Corporate Sustainability Becomes a Team Sport
  + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Rochelle Toplensky | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +7 min
Chief sustainability officers have historically been technical experts focused on helping companies decode their carbon footprint. Today’s CSOs are business-transformation specialists who run point for companies in their sustainability efforts, supported by a team of experts. “You have to start thinking in 2022 about the demands that are going to be a trending topic in 2025.”Judith Wiese, chief people and sustainability officer at Siemens. His team includes experts in technology, industrial processes, financial markets, sustainability frameworks and reporting standards. Agustin Delgado Martin, chief innovation and sustainability officer at Iberdrola.
Whole Foods, Other Grocery Stores Are Hot Property
  + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Kate King | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Grocery-store complexes, like the one Hines bought in White Plains, N.Y., are more attractive now as the pandemic winds down and in-person shopping returns. Global real-estate investment manager Hines is paying $112 million for a suburban New York shopping center featuring a Whole Foods, the largest grocery-anchored retail sale in the U.S. since September. The sale of the 262,000-square-foot property in White Plains, N.Y., shows how demand for grocery-store complexes persists, despite rising interest rates and slowing activity for other property types. These outlets have become increasingly attractive as the pandemic winds down and consumers return to shopping in person.
But unlike other investment opportunities, real estate appealed to him because there were numerous areas where an investor could exercise control to increase the return on their investment. "The reason why I like real estate investing compared to the stock market is that the stock market is incredibly efficient. "Whereas real estate can definitely be an inefficient marketplace where you can gain the advantage." Start in places like real estate associations that regularly host events, conferences, and even breakfasts in cities across the country. You don't need a university degree to become a real-estate investor, but you can give yourself a head start with a few courses.
Big commercial-real-estate players from Brookfield to Fortress are snapping up industrial land. Brookfield is one of several big-name investors that are paying increasing attention to lowly industrial land. Industrial land also generally has lower operating costs and taxes compared to other real estate. It's hard to find big enough portfolios of industrial landThere are challenges, too, in breaking into the business of owning industrial land. Atkins said he has been impressed by the robustness of the IOS market, even with fears about the broader economy.
Salesforce is now being targeted by a second activist investor: Elliott Management. Activist investors could overhaul Salesforce's board and force it to divest acquisitions like Slack. The cloud software giant is now being targeted by activist firm Elliott Management, which has taken a big stake in the company. Walravens says that the activist firms could encourage Salesforce to rethink its office strategy. The company has invested a lot in a global real estate footprint including its Salesforce Tower headquarters in San Francisco.
But now property prices are tumbling. Sweden's property prices are facing a serious drop as the country's former central bank governor warns of lofty household debt levels. Central bank rate hikesIn 2022, Sweden's central bank undertook an aggressive interest rate hiking cycle that ricocheted through the property market. So basically once the interest rate is stabilised, we don't expect prices to continue declining," Brodin said. Sweden isn't the only European country experiencing a plunging property market post-pandemic, with some economists forecasting a similar downturn of between 20% and 25% in Germany.
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"The housing market is softening significantly," he said, citing a strong decrease in demand for loans and a drop in housing construction. watch nowAnd while the language used may vary, many analysts are forecasting a dip in Germany's housing market. A Reuters poll of property market experts last month anticipated German house prices would fall by 3.5% next year. A 'vulnerable' market But not all financial institutions agree that Germany's property market is set for a large correction. The labor market is key Moves in the labor market will determine how the property market shifts, according to some analysts.
Brendon O'Hagan/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNew Zealand is at the sharp end of a global housing market squeeze that has grim ramifications for the world economy. “In an ideal world, you’ll get a bit of froth blown off the top [of house prices] and everything is fine. “A decisive increase in unemployment is a very big danger for housing markets,” said Slater of Oxford Economics. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesA drag on the economyMost market watchers are not expecting a repeat of the 2008 housing market crash. But even a modest a fall in house prices will knock confidence, causing homeowners to cut back on spending.
Florida faces a slew of insurance problems post-Hurricane Ian
  + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFlorida faces a slew of insurance problems post-Hurricane IanDanielle Lombardo, the head of global real estate at Lockton, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss how Hurricane Ian has exasperated insurance pricing in Florida, the exodus of reinsurers in Florida and ongoing fraud issues in Florida.
Ed Jones | AFP | Getty ImagesEconomies in Asia-Pacific will dominate global growth in the upcoming year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. S&P predicts the region will achieve real growth of roughly 3.5% in 2023, while Europe and the U.S. will likely face recession. The firm trimmed its growth forecast for global real GDP by 0.6 percentage point from last month's forecast of 2% — and now expects to see 1.4% growth in 2023. That's a steep decline from 5.9% global growth in 2021 and even slower than the 2.8% growth S&P expects for 2022. "With moderate growth in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa, the world economy can avoid a downturn, but growth will be minimal," said Sara Johnson, executive director of economic research, S&P Global Market Intelligence.
The future Site of the city Neom, a planned cross-border city, stands empty before development begins in the Tabuk Province of northwestern Saudi Arabia, December 18, 2019. NEOM political map of the 500 billion dollar megacity project in Saudi Arabia along the Red Sea coast. Granger's firm has been working closely with Neom and she believes the view of Saudi Arabia among the business community has changed inexorably. The aim is to transform and grow the kingdom's media industry — another key focus of the Vision 2030 plan. Visitors watch a 3D presentation during an exhibition on 'Neom', a new business and industrial city, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 25, 2017.
Matthias Holzhey of UBS shared his outlook for the US housing market in 2023. The sky might not be falling yet in the US real estate market, but home values will soon start to, warns a new report from UBS. "Prices look overvalued," said Matthias Holzhey, the head of Swiss real estate at UBS Global Wealth Management, in a recent interview with Insider. How to navigate the housing market in 2023There are four more key drivers of demand in the housing market, Holzhey said: income growth, risk asset returns, interest rates, and psychology. However, today's real estate market bears little resemblance to past markets.
In other words, big money is buying up warehouse space as fast as smaller owners can sell. The coronavirus pandemic accelerated this change, with warehouse investment outpacing office investment in 2020 and 2021, according to CBRE. A Prologis warehouse in Ichikawa City, Japan. Prologis, Blackstone, and the rest of big money duke it outOther big-money investors have increasingly invested in warehouses. The UK's Segro once sold warehouse space to Blackstone — now it's acquiring its own warehouses for last-mile delivery that Blackstone might have otherwise picked up for itself.
The EU is working on new measures to mitigate gas prices. The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, proposed Tuesday setting a limit on daily gas trading levels. European natural gas prices were trading around 120 euros per megawatt hour Tuesday. A second EU official also told reporters that the commission wants to do "something meaningful, but not harmful" to the market. The EU used to import about 40% of its natural gas from Russia; that number is now at around 7%.
Major Chinese technology firms have been put on export blacklists since then. Looking ahead, the latest package of U.S. controls will make a huge dent in China's technology ambitions. Paul Triolo technology policy lead, Albright StonebridgeThings did not look as "bleak" for China's semiconductors in 2017 as they do now, Triolo said. China's tech crackdownA major hallmark of Xi's last five years is how he has transformed China into one of the strictest regulatory regimes globally for technology. China's technology giants are also posting their slowest growth in history, partly due to tighter regulations.
Danish parliament even passed a "Blackstone law," which prevents new landlords from raising rents. Blackstone has one of the largest real estate portfolios in the world, with $320 billion invested in commercial and residential properties spanning the US, Spain, and, at one time, Sweden. In the Guardian, reporter Hettie O'Brien details how a Copenhagen tenants group thwarted Blackstone's expansion, aided by a national political mood wary of international investors. Blackstone's journey to becoming a worldwide player in residential real estate began after it seriously invested in American properties following the 2008 housing and stock-market crash. Blackstone's involvement in the Copenhagen housing market angered locals for two reasons, according to the Guardian.
Commercial property is a bright spot in Chinese real estate, in contrast with the doom and gloom of the residential housing market. Likewise, property group CIFI Holdings posted a 23% year-on-year drop in home sales in China for the first half, but reported a 69.5% lift in its property investment revenue. While some investors sold assets to stay liquid, Spiro said the commercial sector generally has more supportive government and fiscal policies. All in all, the Chinese commercial property sector's resilience lies in its ability to rebound faster than its residential counterpart. Down but not outBut unlike housing, the commercial sector is rebounding particularly after lockdowns ended and government incentives kicked in, CBRE said.
Global real estate markets have been in overdrive during the Covid-19 pandemic. The US housing market shares some of their problems, and it's a cautionary tale for us. In countries across the globe, rapid home price growth fueled by lackluster housing supply and robust investor activity have distorted local housing ecosystems — especially in Canada, New Zealand and Australia. As New Zeleand's housing crisis escalates, The Guardian reports that less and less of the nation's young buyers can afford home purchases. Economic volatility stunts buyer demand in AustraliaAustralia has not escaped the housing slowdown gripping global real estate markets.
Six places are especially popular among American buyers, per real estate company Knight Frank. As the US dollar rises, more wealthy Americans are investing their money overseas — especially in European real estate. According to global real estate company Knight Frank, Paris, St. Tropez, Tuscany, Venice, Barcelona, Mallorca, and Sardinia, have become the most popular European real estate markets for American home buyers. The researchers also noted that real estate in Venice is more receptive to negotiation than in other parts of the country. Real estate in Spain is also proving popular among Americans, with Barcelona and Mallorca being the standouts, according to Knight Frank.
''Da, s-au abţinut de la vaccinul AstraZeneca, acesta a fost dreptul lor, în schimb se vor vaccina cu Pfizer. '', a spus directorul Spitalului din Comrat, Nina Răilean. Întocmim listele, sunt persoane care refuză vaccinarea cu AstraZeneca şi vor cu Pfizer. '', a spus vicedirectorul Spitalului Raional Basarabeasca, Claudia Urdea. Procesul de vaccinare este unul continuu şi avem nevoie de timp pentru a vaccina lucrătorii medicali.
Persons: Nina Răilean, Claudia Urdea, Alexei Locations: Comrat, Basarabeasca, ANSP, Republica Moldova
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