Real Estate Business Issue 7/2008

IMMO-WORLD

• Beverly Hills: Avril Lavigne's New Luxury Lead
• Sal. Oppenheim established the new "4IP Management AG
• Living by the water: The first stage in Limmatfeld, Dietikon
• Aiming high: Arabs have an appetite for skyscrapers
• Top values: Zurich's quality of life and creative industries
• Inflation in Tuscany: The treasury asks for payment

PLAYER

• The international business and advisory firm KPMG: Experts Stefan Pfister and Ulrich Priem talk about clients, services and mandates

MARKETS & INVESTMENT

• The city of lights shines: Brisk construction activity and rising prices - Lucerne is hegehrt
• Merger of Littau and Lucerne: expert Andre Marti clarifies the situation
• Alpnach: Theo and Brigitte Breisacher run innovative company in Obwalden
• Location promoter Knut Hackbarth on Obwalden's success strategy
• Crisis mood on the Cote: Prices are crumbling, the trembling begins. Are the fat real estate years over?
• The Mexican Riviera has a room shortage
• Real estate financing: calm on the Swiss market
• Land prices: How sun and lake views take finflux
• Real estate economist Marco Salvi on the land market
• Swiss rents: Moderate increase in May
• Financial markets: Switzerland, Europe, North America and Asia

PROJECTS & OBJECTS

• A paradise in paradise - 142 tree and beach villas are being built on Villingili Island. A luxury resort in the Maldives.

ARCHITECTURE & LIVING

• A million-dollar home with Rolls-Royce: luxury is written very large in Kilchberg, Zurich

HGTEL-WORLD

• Hotelier Emanuel Berger on the Victoria-Jungfrau Collection

SERVICE

• The theme of Expo Real 2008: Sustainability

CLOSEOUT

• Director Daniel Suter on management and mobility at the Swiss Museum of Transport

HEADLINES

• Editorial: Exquisite real estate and global landowners
• Imprint
• Column: Elisabeth Dalucas on the courage to do the unusual
• Agenda: Trade fairs, meetings, conferences
• Job market