Real Estate Business Issue 11/2019

News

• Basel: Start of construction for Helvetia Campus
• Basel: New plans for the Rheinhof
• Personalia: PSP Swiss Property/SFP Group
• Zurich: House to the beam one step further
• Zurich: Westhive wants to expand location
• Personlia: JLL/Banque Edmond de Rothschild
• Wohlen: Start of construction for logistics project
• Bern: Moxy Hotel opens in spring 2020
• Personalia: CBRE/Ledermann Management
• Köniz: Start of construction for Blauäcker development
• Vernier: Quartier de l'Étang continues to grow
• Zurich: Start of construction for the Franklinturm
• Companies: Hammer Retext under new roof
• Companies: Next Property AG/Newhome AG
• Companies: CBRE expands
• Firms: BKW/Ingenhoven Architects

Trends

• New flood of capital in sight PK invest more in real estate

Markets and Investment

• "Below but close to two percent" Criticism of central banks' monetary policy and their inflation target grows
• Column: The collateral damage of negative interest rates

Title Topic

• When not only Zurich should "become more beautiful" New concepts against vacant space
• Attack of the discounters Aldi Suisse and Lidl continue on expansion course

From the regions

• Olympic vacancy rate Office space remains in short supply in Lausanne
• Savills IM Dynamic Cities Index: Five Swiss Cities in the Top 25

Architecture and construction industry

• Between hope and trepidation New neighborhood developments in Bülach

Facilities Management

• FM Chamber reorganizes New Board of Directors for the SVIT FM Chamber

Residential

• Supply transforms demand As housing supply expands, relocation activity increases

Service

• Agenda/Review
• Asking rents
• End of the home game Review of Expo Real 2019
• "We are coming to Switzerland in 2020" Market entry of Colliers International

Foreign markets

• Booming markets Investors discover the CEE/SEE markets

Real Estate Financial Markets

• Interview of the month: Marcel Schneider, CEO Nova Property Fund Management AG.
• In focus: WeWork Inc
• CS REF Green Property: Capital increase
• Real estate funds: Investments in the portfolio
• Procimmo CH Commercial 56: On a shopping spree
• Helvetica CH Commercial Fund: IPO in sight
• SF Retail Properties Fund: Acquisition in Vernier
• UBS AM: 3 funds increase distribution
• ZIF Immobilien Direkt Switzerland: Fresh money
• Mobimo: "Solid development
• Novavest Real Estate: Change to SIX
• Swiss Life AM Continues to grow
• AFIAA: Acquisition in New York
• Swisscanto AST Immobilien CH: Respectable performance
• Swiss Finance Property AST RE: Fresh capital
• SFP Investment Foundation: New investment objectives
• Implenia AG: Agreement in dispute with Rössler
• Peach Property: Capital increase for acquisitions
• Principal RE Europe: Hotel portfolio sold
• Allianz RE: billion-euro transaction in Beijing
• Universal Investment: Investment in China
• Final Performer: SPS Swiss Prime Site AG

Condominium ownership

• "How much noise do we have to put up with in the house?"