Real Estate Business Issue 8/2008

IMMO-WORLD

• Beverly Hills: Nicole Kidman on shopping spree
• Apartments with hotel service in Dubai
• Aare-Center for the second half of life: a living concept with a future
• Landmark for Biel: New Rolex Building
• Creativity for a time: artworks for rent
• A new quarter in the Minergie standard in Adliswil
• Adventure pool: A glass Black Forest house at Lake Titisee

PLAYER

• Exclusive interview with the Egyptian major investor Samih Sawiris about Andermatt: prices, projects, perspectives

MARKETS & INVESTMENT

• Swiss golf scene: Putting with drive and spin. Does it pay off on the green?
• An expert on the profitability of golf courses
• Luxury real estate boom: a conversation with the Swiss head of Engel & Völkers about brand image, passions and licenses
• Sharia dictates: Investing the Islamic Way
• Uncertainty among investors: Squabbles about the Jelmoli Group continue. The Jelmoli share at a glance
• Acquisition of foreign real estate: Do not rely on emotions alone, but also on the head
• Strong together: real estate development as teamwork of architects and marketers
• Swiss rents: Unchecked inflation
• Single markets: Switzerland, Europe, North America and Asia

ARCHITECTURE & LIVING

• Visit to Max Bill's studio and home: An inhabitable sculpture in Zumikon. Interview with Erich Schmid about his Bill film

HOTEL-WORLD

• Engagements in Davos: Hotel director Nicoletta Müller on "her" Schatzalp.
• Hotel chains reach for Davos

HEADLINES

• Editorial: Andermatt at a bargain price
• Imprint
• Agenda: Trade fairs, meetings, conferences

FOCUS: BASEL

• Column: Alfred Meili on the lead tax rate in Basel

PROJECTS & OBJECTS

• City of Basel booming: from the St. Jakob Tower to the Exhibition Center
• Economic promoter on economic growth, trade fair future and structural change
• Pratteln awakens: major projects on the Buss site
• Investor Hermann Beyeler on Rubens and the City on the Rhine

ARCHITECTURE & LIVING

• Private preservation of historical monuments: 18th century city palace in Basel has been prudently renovated

CLOSEOUT

• The legend of Basel: Karli Odermatt is still on the ball - from FC Basel to real estate