The monetization of corporate real estate is gaining importance. This applies to both owneroccupied real estate and surplus assets, as real estate frequently diminishes rather than adds to the shareholder value of non-property companies. However, despite the numerous announcements of large...

Internalisation is gaining importance in the real estate sector. Real estate education therefore needs to convey the knowledge required for property investments in a global context. This can be achieved through the internalisation of the real estate curriculum and through co-operations in the...

The paper describes the current status of real estate education and research in West and in East Africa, identifies the problems lecturers and students face and makes proposals how the academic community in established countries can support AfRES affiliated universities in Africa.

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The role of opportunity funds in the German real estate investment market has increased considerably in recent years. To keep abreast of this development, the following paper proposes an investment model for opportunity funds. The model analyses opportunity funds as intermediaries between...

The Annual Conferences of the above mentioned societies are the largest within the IRES network. The research interests of academics and practitioners who present papers at these conferences seem to be different from region to region. The intention of this paper is to find out which research...

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In recent years, shopping centres in Germany have largely been developed at inner-city locations. This return from detached greenfield sites to town centres is to be welcomed in terms of urban development and sustainability. However, positive interaction can only result for all the actors and...

The empirical study has been funded by gif, Gesellschaft f�r Immobilienwirtschaftliche Forschung (German Society of Property Researchers. The aims of gif are to foster teaching and research in the field of real estate and related disciplines. The Society represents an interdisciplinary...