tailieunhanh - Corporate Real Estate: Investment and EU Cities

At the same time, the capital available for deployment into Shariah-compliant investments is vast and growing. At the heart of the Middle East, the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman – form a market of 38 million residents (about the same population as California) with a combined annual GDP that grew in 2007 to reach US$840 billion. Add to this another 430 million Muslims living outside the Middle East – many of whom reside in prosperous or growing economies such as India, Malaysia, or. | Corporate Real Estate Investment and EU Cities RICS the mark of property professionalism worldwide Foreword RIGS members in Europe are highly qualified professionals working internationally to support businesses governments and society as a whole. Covering the whole spectrum of the property sector they are uniquely placed to anticipate trends deliver best practice to the industry and as such bring confidence to the market. Following a first publication entitled Corporate Real Estate Global Cities and Investment released at MIPIM in March 2012 RIGS Europe s network and key members in 13 EU cities have joined forces to deliver this European edition based on valuable market intelligence. In times of uncertainty and the deepening Eurozone crisis buyers and investors are no longer just concentrating on those cities that attract a high level of international demand but are also considering other complex aspects. With this publication RIGS seeks to share part of its members professional expertise in the field of corporate real estate and analyse which factors are currently determining companies location and investment decisions in some prime cities within the European Union. Given the importance of real estate in business not just in terms of the visual representation of the company but also in terms of investment I trust that this paper will demonstrate the value of RIGS members professional expertise to the industry. Across the real estate world whether in the fields of corporate real estate facilities management real estate valuation or agency and brokerage the property profession is well recognised as a fundamental added value service provider to corporate operations. RIGS will continue to work closely with real estate service providers other bodies and stakeholders regulators and governments around the world to raise the level and promote the value of the profession. Best regards Liliane Van Cauwenbergh Managing Director RIGS EMEA Corporate Real Estate .