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Landlord Fairy Tales:
Reinstatement Rubbish
Issue 45 - September 2008
As companies become more aware of their environmental footprint tenants are beginning
to question the wastage associated with end-of-lease reinstatement (as opposed to just
the cost).
Keywords: Environment Footprint, Wastage, Office Tenants, Reinstatement, Landfill Waste, Responsibility, Reusable, Recyclable
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Interesting Times For REITS
Issue 45 - September 2008
Investors and creators of Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REITs) in Asia have had mixed fortunes over the past two years. RFP asked the experts, how have the markets
been performing, and how has sub-prime affected the performance of REIT.
Keywords: Sub-prime Mortgage Crises, Volatilities, REIT Porfolio, Dividend Payout, New Equity, Accretive Acquisitions, Debt Financing, Liquidity, Mortgag-backed Securities (MBSs), Collateral Debt Obligations (CDOs)
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Landlord Fairy Tales:
The Gross/Net Floor Area Conundrum
Issue 44 - August 2008
The story of Little Red Riding Hood will help us explain and provide a solution for the bamboozlement caused by numerous modes of measuring the size of a building or individual unit.
Keywords: Space, Pay, Gross, Net, Lettable, Saleable, Government, GFA Certificate, Net Floor Area (NFA), Lobby, Washroom, "Super Area", Standard Code
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A Beautiful Synergy
Issue 44 - August 2008
The hotel is generally the largest single occupier of space within most mixed-use developments, but its power to influence the success of the development reaches far beyond its footprint.
Keywords: Development image, Strategies, Prime Location, Role, Mixed-use projects, Entertainment Centre, Synergy, Lifestyle, Urban Resort, Oasis, Luxury Retailers, Asset Class
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Landlord Fairy Tales:
The Emporer's New Management Fees
Issue 43 - July 2008
Any landlord who claims to be green but that has a rental model that incentivises themselves to use more power not less is fooling themselves
Keywords: Teneant, Landlord, Management Fees, End-user, Environment, Services, Pricing, Government, Public Utilities,,Green Property Management
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Running a Risky Business
Issue 42 - June 2008
Like in exercise, No pain No gain. Many companies are looking at alternative strategies to handle risk when entering into construction projects?
Keywords: Construction, Constractors, Promulgation Stage, Financial Risk, Risk Allocation, Mistakes, Insurance, Technology Company |
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Datacentre Locations in Asia
Issue 41 - May 2008
With massive demand for datacentre facilities across the region many real estate teams are now responsible for finding the right space for mission critical equipment. Where should they be looking?
Keywords: Datacentre, Facilities, Space, Mission Critical Equipment, IT, Business Growth, "Virtualization", Hub, Technical Factors, Infrastructure, Economic, Site Location |
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Asian Real Estate Comes of Age
Issue 40 - Apr 2008
The days of Asian real estate being seen as nothing more than a high risk, high return choice for private equity investors are over. At the recent PERE conference for details of the event) speakers acknowledged the rise of Asian real estate as an established asset class for the global private equity investor.
Keywords: Asian Real Estate, Risk, Private equity, Invesor, Invesment, Asset, Emerging markets, global economy, Fund manager, Portfolio, Sub-prime, Liquidity, Leverage, Diversifying |
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Green Down Urban
Issue 39 - Mar 2008
While markets across North and Southeast Asia are seeing green certified buildings being developed in dribs and drabs, our antipodean neighbours seem to have already transformed the way real estate is developed, managed and perceived. While nowhere near every commercial building available has green credentials, the major players have already taken more than a few steps along the road towards a sustainable built environment..
Keywords: Urban, Landscapes, Greenhouse Rating Systems, Future, Transformation, Developer's perspectives, Government, Built environment
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Future Urban Utopia
Issue 38 - Feb 2008
Imagine a brand-new gleaming vibrant city, with rolling boulevards, beautiful open common spaces and gorgeous civic buildings. Imagine a human-centric urban landscape, planned for the people yet also devised with the express purpose of stimulating economic growth and performance. Today, Asian governments are not only improving their cities incrementally to achieve this goal, they are partnering with private enterprise to literally create them from the ground up.
Keywords: Urban, Landscapes, Infrastructure, Future, Construction project, Government, Korea, China, Dubai, Urbanism, Environment, social aspects |
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Developing the Basics
Issue 37 - Dec 2007/ Jan 2008
Can Macau's infrastructure support its booming Economy? Mega projects and megabucks are peals you hear from the PR loudspeakers coming out of Macau, but some people are questioning the whether physical, human and even financial infrastructure can support the claims. With the former secretary for public works currently on trial for corruption, even more questions are being raised.
Keywords: Macau, Tourism, Infrastructure, Construction Project, Government, Investment, GDP, Gaming, Corruption |
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Datacentre Security Measures: Myth or Reality?
Issue 36 - Nov 2007
Are datacentres and mission critical facilities being under or over-secured? Sanjeev Verma, Manager Workplace, Asia Pac ex- Japan, Cisco Systems separates fact from fiction. This article by no means suggests that the safety measures proposed by security consultants should be ignored. These solutions do guard business against accidental threats. However.......
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Keywords: Facilities, Workplace Management, Secutiry, Datacentre, Government, Asia, Design robust structure |
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The Price is Right?
Issue 35 - Oct 2007
Stephen Chung, Managing Director, Zeppelin Real Estate Analysis, on the value of predicting and second-guessing government auction results.
Keywords: Government, Asia, Auction, Results, Stock Market, Real Estate, Developer, Purchaser, Transactions, Tenders |
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REITS in Asia - Really Efficient Investment Track or Rapidly Ending Investment Trend?
Issue 34 - Sep 2007
The recent financial market fluctuations have refocused the spotlight on Real Estate Investment Trusts. And last week was a very difficult week because of the whole 'subprime issue' in the US. What was interesting was the affect on the REIT sub-sector, including the Hong Kong and Singapore markets?
Keywords: REITS, Financial market, Hong Kong, Singapore, Investors, Yield, Market value, Market average, Stock market , NAV, Net Asset Value, Growth |
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Deep Green Design
Issue 33 - Aug 2007
Creating buildings that integrate seamlessly and benignly into their local environment could pave the way for a sustainable future. Ashford Pritchard reports on eco-centric approaches that create truly green buildings.
Keywords: Deep green design, Sustainable, Environment, Green buildings, Nature, Ecodesign, Organic, Artificial, Inorganic, Structure, Eco-gadgetry, Morphogenesis, Zero energy buildings, Solution, Green future, Innovative, Waste, Re-cycle, Re-use, Reduction, Reduce energy |
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The Value of Engineering
Issue 32 - July 2007
Intelligent buildings are generally understood to be buildings full of hightech gadgetry fibre optic cabling and integrated building management systems. RFP looks at relationship between intelligent buildings and modern property valuation practices.
Keywords: Value, Engineering, Intelligent buildings,Valuation practices, Sustaiable solutions, Customer demand, green Building, Design feature |
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Your Own Little Slice of Nothing
Issue 31 - June 2007
Virtual property - Over one and a half mil US dollars' worth of transactions took place on that website in the last 24 hours. Just on the left of the screen there is an encouragement to buy land. How the internet has taken over the world and why real estate just isn't what it used to be?
Keywords: Internet, Real estate, Secondlife, Online community, Virtual world, Avatar, Market, Recruitment, Residents, Starwood, Hotel, Space, Software developers, Trend, Trade show, Event organisers, VOIP, Virtual |
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Hot Topic - Hotel Investment Trends
Issue 30 - May 2007
It has been an active couple of months for hospitality investment in Asia with existing and developing projects trading hands and being announced on a daily basis. Two new trends, the "condotel" and niche luxury offerings are
beginning to catch on in Asia.
Keywords: Hotels, Investments, Trends, Condotel, Luxury, Asia, Leisure Properties, REIT, Branded, Financial, Investors, Developers, Price, Resorts, Residence, Services, Room |
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ISSN 1994-9464
Key title: RFP magazine
Abbreviated key title: RFP mag. |
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