Industrial restructuring has led to increasing obsolescence of old industrial properties in many cities. Transformation of these properties to meet the requirements of modern industrial operations is becoming an imminent task for property managers and industrial landowners. This paper reviews...

A more efficient land and property market is fundamental to solving Africa’s apparently endemic problems with real property development. Despite similar problems in other developing countries, they are more pronounced in sub‐Saharan Africa and, in the absence of appropriate remedial...

Purpose – There are some 487,000 places in long-stay residential care and nursing homes in the UK representing an industry worth some £15.2 billion per annum. Creating leases with guaranteed rental uplifts, a property bond in all but name, now attracts significant investment into healthcare....

Considers the interrelationships between manufacturing firms and their accommodation in the rented sector of the industrial property market. Discusses the implications for the industry of the growth of the rented sector, and outlines three analytical approaches to an understanding of...

Reports on a study examining the interrelationships between manufacturing firms and their accommodation in the rented sector of the industrial property market and conducted among occupiers of rented and industrial property. Discusses occupier satisfaction with rented industrial property....

Reports on a survey undertaken to gather information about the relatively new business centres market. Examines the trend of small businesses, business centre facts, sub‐markets, survey results, and a comparison with French business centres. Concludes that the 1980s saw a shift to...

Describes the recent economic and land reforms in China, and the consequent changes in the emerging Chinese property market. Analyses the eed for property management valuation skills in China in the light of problems of country size, regional differences, the scale of economic reforms and the...

The current business rate system came into force in 1990, introducing a non‐domestic rating multiplier across England and Wales and committing the Government to five‐yearly revaluations. Rateable values are based on rental levels and, at the 1990 revaluation, office occupiers in London and...

Discusses the problems which may be encountered by a property purchaser in connection with the title offered by the vendor. Considers the variety and applicability of legal indemnity policies, which can be individually written to cover the purchaser′s request. Concludes that a umber of types...

Discusses the difficulties facing retailers whose profitability has fallen while sales have risen, and the effects this has on the retail property market. Identifies the financial health of the retailers, discerning customers, occupation cost uncertainty, boom in floorspace, and competition from...