There is a great deal of variation in the ëprimeí or ëGrade Aí rents achieved in different cities across the world. The level of economic development, as proxied by GDP or GDP per capita is an important explanator, but it is by no means the only one. Many cities in advanced nations have...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an indication of the returns to commercial property lending over the last 30 years in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – There is no long-term index of the returns to commercial property lending in the UK. This paper provides a partial...

Retail organizations are often cited as being at the forefront of corporate real estate management. This research found that the retail sector is characterized by diversity both in terms of the degree to which organizations are vertically integrated and in terms of the range of modes of...

Politicians and macro policymakers have identified regulatory weakness in the banking sector as the key cause of the Great Financial Crisis (GFC). This allows the easy apportionment of blame and the straightforward, if painful, reforms to banks’ operating procedures. In fact, the real...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present evidence on the significance of the strategic determinants of the lease versus buy (LVB) decision for corporate real estate (CRE) in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – This paper takes an empirical approach using logistic regression...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an indication of the returns to commercial property lending over the last 30 years in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – There is no long-term index of the returns to commercial property lending in the UK. This paper provides a partial...