The genesis of this paper is survey work undertaken for the Sustainable Development Council of the Urban Land Institute amongst developers and investors in real estate. The survey sought to draw out the relative importance of factors affecting the viability and sustainability of projects. One of...

The objective of this paper is to look at the performance of Property and Asset Management (PAM) in the UK over the past five years. This part of the property industry suffers from extreme cost pressure to the point where profitability is in question. The paper discusses different business...

The last thirty years have seen an European policy context in which rail has been favoured actively over road across the continent. As a result the volume of cargo carried by rail has increased, but road continues to be the dominant mode in a majority of European member states. Investors and...

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The main driver of the industrial real estate markets over the next decade will be change in almost everything. Infrastructure changes will alter the relative desirability of locations and facilitate distribution; high labour costs will see a redistribution of production; policy may add to the...

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"Changes in the industrial property sector have been well documented. A decline in manufacturing industry in developed global economies has shifted the property emphasis from manufacturing to storage and from factories to warehouses. Attitudes to warehousing differ substantially between the UK...

Property portfolio management strategies and practices are under constant evaluation. The need for evaluating the efficiency of the selected management strategy is increasing. The need is being emphasised by the increasing number of management options and investment alternatives available for...

Just as companies brand their products to create unique associations in the minds of their target consumers, personal branding involves the creation of strong, unique and favourable associations in the minds of the people around them. However, unlike products which have a conscious marketing...

The accession of ten new EU members in 2004 with an orderly queue forming for 2007 and thereafter has been changing the pattern of trade and therefore distribution in Europe for a decade or more. New and growing markets place a great strain upon supply chains that have not been optimized for the...