Commercial Property News Archive for 05-Sep-2007

Hammerson steps up French expansion (Daily Telegraph)

Commercial property group Hammerson has invested �44m in a shopping centre in Angers, France, after admitting conditions for retailers in the UK remain challenging.

Volatility 'may cut demand for offices' (thebusinessonline.com)

Hammerson, the UK commercial property group, has warned that turmoil in the financial markets could hit demand for office space. So far, the London office market has proved resilient in the face of higher interest rates as foreign investment continues to flood in.

Akridge Gets New DC-Area Portfolio (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Akridge is pleased to announce the recent award of real estate services for a five property portfolio of 1,568,595 square feet of commercial property in the Washington metropolitan area.

Conning Research: Property-Casualty Surplus Lines of Insurance Outperforming General Commercial Insurance Market (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Property-casualty surplus lines have outperformed the general commercial property-casualty insurance market in both premium growth and underwriting profit, according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting, Inc.

Volatility 'may cut demand for offices' (Daily Telegraph)

Hammerson, the UK commercial property group, has warned that turmoil in the financial markets could hit demand for office space.