Real Estate Business Issue 12/2008

IMMO-WORLD

• Q-Award 2008 for IMMOBILIEN Business
• Viennese students design a pallet house
• Marco Polo Tower in Hamburg
• 5000 wheels for the Swiss Museum of Transport
• "Balkanology", Architecture in the Balkans
• Demolition and departure on the Engweg in Zurich

PLAYER

• Helvetica Property: Norwegian-Swiss dual citizen Hans R. Holdener invests and buys in

MARKETS & INVESTMENT

• Salary spiral: This is how much board members earn in the real estate industry
• Experts take stock: the real estate market remains stable
• New tenancy law: The most important changes
• Asking Rents: Prices are still rising

REAL ESTATE FINANCIAL MARKETS

• Crashes in Asia
• Trial by fire for Swiss real estate funds
• Certificates: Attractive options in Switzerland
• Yield bonus at Swiss Prime Site
• US investors face another tough quarter
• Interview of the month: LaSalle Managing Director Claus P. Thomas on investments

PROJECTS & OBJECTS

• Green and sustainable: The Russian large-scale project "DancingGre en
• The Brunnenhof building ensemble in Zurich was created for families with many children.

ARCHIT ECTURE & LIVING

• An Emmental farmhouse was consistently brought up to Minergie standard

HOTEL-WORLD

• Switzerland er Sz ene: Low-budget hotels are in vogue. Lucas Meier of Credit Suisse on hotel real estate, returns and risk

SERVICE

• Agenda: Trade fairs, meetings, conferences

HEADLINES

• Editorial: Real estate delivers what it promises
• Imprint
• Gret Loewensberg about building the wall

CLOSEOUT

• Circus real estate: Rolf and Gregory Knie on their winter circus Salto Natale