Commercial Property News Archive for 01-Aug-2008

Queen Victoria's underwear fetches $9,000 (Toronto Star)

Toronto commercial property manager Barbara Rusch has bought a pair of Queen Victoria's underwear ? with a 50-inch waist ? for $9,000 at an auction in Derby, England.

Colliers sees signs of recovery despite half year profits loss - News - Property and Construction - Business Weekly - ... (Business Weekly)

Colliers CRE, one of the UK?s top 10 commercial property groups, is cutting overheads to counter falling UK fee levels. The company lost �4.49m before tax in the six months to the end of June, compared to a profit of �3.01m this time last year.

HGI acquires three retail malls (Financial Times)

Henderson Global Investors has completed one of the largest commercial property deals this year after buying three designer retail malls for �365m ($723m) as the basis for a new UK retail property fund.