Melbourne Water moving to Docklands
01 Apr 2010
Melbourne Water has committed to locate its new 12,100m² head office facility at 990 LaTrobe St, in the south east corner of Digital Harbour above the link road access to Etihad Stadium.
http://www.docklandsnews.com.au/editions/article/melbourne-water-moving-to-docklands_5228/
Friday, April 2, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Capture Ratio as a Tool to Measure Investment Performance
Capture Ratio as a Tool to Measure Investment Performance
We examine the concepts of up-capture and down-capture, two widely used statistics for measuring investment performance. Our research indicates that each one on their own is an ineffective tool to accurately describe investment performance. However, the use of the Capture Ratio, the relationship between up-capture and down-capture, provides a much more useful tool.
We examine the concepts of up-capture and down-capture, two widely used statistics for measuring investment performance. Our research indicates that each one on their own is an ineffective tool to accurately describe investment performance. However, the use of the Capture Ratio, the relationship between up-capture and down-capture, provides a much more useful tool.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Cars: Classic Car Market on Bumpy Road - CNBC
Owning a classic car is often a childhood dream and in May this year the highest price ever was reached at an auction for a classic car: 9 million euros ($12.2 million) for a 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa. ...
Friday, October 23, 2009
Commercial investors may look to Worldwide Plaza as model
Commercial investors may look to Worldwide Plaza as model
October 23, 2009 12:10 PM
Real estate investor Peter Duncan, who scored a deal on the 49-story Worldwide Plaza building in July, now has the chance to shape the New York commercial real estate market’s investment landscape. Duncan, who is president of George Comfort & Sons, purchased the property at 825 Eighth Avenue for $590 million, roughly a third of what Harry Macklowe paid for it in February 2007. The price means Duncan might be able to lease out the first 14 floors, which stand vacant as the second-largest empty space in the city, for as little as $30 or $40 per square foot, according to Robert Sammons, research director at Colliers ABR. Whereas Midtown office buildings have had a rough year — CB Richard Ellis Group reported that there have been no single leases in the area for more than 250,000 square feet — low prices may hasten leasing activity for the space in Duncan’s building formerly occupied by advertising firm Ogilvy & Mather. That could, in turn, encourage other investors to take on risk in buying up more New York office buildings, said Jim Frederick, also of Colliers. [Bloomberg]
http://therealdeal.com/blog/2009/10/23/commercial-investors-may-look-to-peter-duncan-s-worldwide-plaza-as-model/
October 23, 2009 12:10 PM
Real estate investor Peter Duncan, who scored a deal on the 49-story Worldwide Plaza building in July, now has the chance to shape the New York commercial real estate market’s investment landscape. Duncan, who is president of George Comfort & Sons, purchased the property at 825 Eighth Avenue for $590 million, roughly a third of what Harry Macklowe paid for it in February 2007. The price means Duncan might be able to lease out the first 14 floors, which stand vacant as the second-largest empty space in the city, for as little as $30 or $40 per square foot, according to Robert Sammons, research director at Colliers ABR. Whereas Midtown office buildings have had a rough year — CB Richard Ellis Group reported that there have been no single leases in the area for more than 250,000 square feet — low prices may hasten leasing activity for the space in Duncan’s building formerly occupied by advertising firm Ogilvy & Mather. That could, in turn, encourage other investors to take on risk in buying up more New York office buildings, said Jim Frederick, also of Colliers. [Bloomberg]
http://therealdeal.com/blog/2009/10/23/commercial-investors-may-look-to-peter-duncan-s-worldwide-plaza-as-model/
NYC Tower Buyers Wrestle Towering Vacancy Dilemma (Update1)
NYC Tower Buyers Wrestle Towering Vacancy Dilemma (Update1)
By David M. Levitt - October 23, 2009 13:08 EDT
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Real estate investor Peter Duncan, who negotiated the nation’s biggest property deal of the year in buying Manhattan’s Worldwide Plaza, is now in charge of a skyscraper that’s 40 percent empty.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aJG1.l7fPiik
By David M. Levitt - October 23, 2009 13:08 EDT
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Real estate investor Peter Duncan, who negotiated the nation’s biggest property deal of the year in buying Manhattan’s Worldwide Plaza, is now in charge of a skyscraper that’s 40 percent empty.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aJG1.l7fPiik
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Frankfurt: Grounds for optimism in spite of upheaval
Property
Frankfurt: Grounds for optimism in spite of upheaval
By James Wilson in Frankfurt
Published: October 2 2009 16:02 | Last updated: October 2 2009 16:02
Frankfurt’s property market professionals are surprisingly optimistic about the city’s prospects in spite of the inevitable upheaval that the deep banking crisis has caused in Germany’s financial capital.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c0b8a95a-ad13-11de-9caf-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2PXw36Vqx
Frankfurt: Grounds for optimism in spite of upheaval
By James Wilson in Frankfurt
Published: October 2 2009 16:02 | Last updated: October 2 2009 16:02
Frankfurt’s property market professionals are surprisingly optimistic about the city’s prospects in spite of the inevitable upheaval that the deep banking crisis has caused in Germany’s financial capital.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c0b8a95a-ad13-11de-9caf-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2PXw36Vqx
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Executive Interview with Chris LaBianca
Executive Interview with Chris LaBianca
September 17th, 2009 | Author: Dave Jacobs
Christopher LaBianca
President
RCG Longview
Christopher LaBianca joined the RCG Longview series of Real Estate Debt Funds in April of 2008 and serves as the President of their current high yield debt fund RCG Longview Debt Fund IV, L.P. His responsibilities include oversight of the origination, underwriting, closing, servicing and asset management of all fund investments. Since the inception of RCG Longview Debt Fund Series in 1999, the managers, Peter Cohen and Michael Boxer (Ramius Capital Group, LLC),Jeffrey Feil and Jay Anderson (The Feil Organization), Morton Olshan (Mall Properties), and Jon Estreich (Estreich & Company), have originated more than $1.8 billion in real estate mezzanine debt and other related instruments through RCG Longview fund vehicles. The investment strategy of the funds is driven by the collective experience of the managers as owners and operators of real estate. RCG Longview thus differentiates itself from its competition by focusing on opportunities where its experience and operational capabilities add additional value beyond financial structuring. During its ten years in business, RCG Longview has been active in practically every major US real estate market. It has made more than 350 investments secured by over $9 billion of real estate.
http://llenrock.com/blog/executive-interview-with-chris-labianca/
September 17th, 2009 | Author: Dave Jacobs
Christopher LaBianca
President
RCG Longview
Christopher LaBianca joined the RCG Longview series of Real Estate Debt Funds in April of 2008 and serves as the President of their current high yield debt fund RCG Longview Debt Fund IV, L.P. His responsibilities include oversight of the origination, underwriting, closing, servicing and asset management of all fund investments. Since the inception of RCG Longview Debt Fund Series in 1999, the managers, Peter Cohen and Michael Boxer (Ramius Capital Group, LLC),Jeffrey Feil and Jay Anderson (The Feil Organization), Morton Olshan (Mall Properties), and Jon Estreich (Estreich & Company), have originated more than $1.8 billion in real estate mezzanine debt and other related instruments through RCG Longview fund vehicles. The investment strategy of the funds is driven by the collective experience of the managers as owners and operators of real estate. RCG Longview thus differentiates itself from its competition by focusing on opportunities where its experience and operational capabilities add additional value beyond financial structuring. During its ten years in business, RCG Longview has been active in practically every major US real estate market. It has made more than 350 investments secured by over $9 billion of real estate.
http://llenrock.com/blog/executive-interview-with-chris-labianca/
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Hard Times in Office Space
Hard Times in Office Space
Conversation over lunch at Nocello with William E. Hartman, Executive Vice President, Cushman & Wakefield
BY ALEXEI BAYER
September 1, 2009
Who: William E. Hartman, Executive Vice President, Cushman & Wakefield
Where: Nocello, 257 West 55th Street, New York City, July 27, 2009
On the Menu: Gnocchi, salmon and real estate travails
Nocello, a midtown Italian restaurant I reserved for a lunch interview with Cushman & Wakefield's William Hartman, happens to face a long blue construction fence stretching the entire length of a city block. Behind the fence, the foundation of another huge Manhattan skyscraper looks nearly complete.
http://www.advisorone.com/2009/09/01/hard-times-in-office-space
Conversation over lunch at Nocello with William E. Hartman, Executive Vice President, Cushman & Wakefield
BY ALEXEI BAYER
September 1, 2009
Who: William E. Hartman, Executive Vice President, Cushman & Wakefield
Where: Nocello, 257 West 55th Street, New York City, July 27, 2009
On the Menu: Gnocchi, salmon and real estate travails
Nocello, a midtown Italian restaurant I reserved for a lunch interview with Cushman & Wakefield's William Hartman, happens to face a long blue construction fence stretching the entire length of a city block. Behind the fence, the foundation of another huge Manhattan skyscraper looks nearly complete.
http://www.advisorone.com/2009/09/01/hard-times-in-office-space
Monday, August 31, 2009
BRICs Emerging From Recession - CNBC.com
Emerging Markets: Out of Recession
BRICs Emerging From Recession - CNBC.com
Some emerging markets have rebounded strongly. Goldman's Jim O'Neill talks about when it's time to get in.
BRICs Emerging From Recession - CNBC.com
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