Real Estate Business Issue 9/2007

ImmoWorld

• Dye works area Thalwil: Live and work with lake view
• LondonMadonna on a shopping spree
• Dubai Tower: Reach for the clouds
• Hotel Rapa Nui: Discoveries on Easter Island
• Hollywood HillsScarlett Johansson on shopping tour
• Zurich's first thermal bath: Where once beer foamed, is swum
• Palm Deira Island: Gigantic "Eye of Dubai
• Hilton deal: 32 billion francs for a hotel chain

Markets & Players

• Stadium boom: Sports arenas with format from the Maladiere to the Letzigrund
• Marie-Claude Betrix: The architect on Zurich's new stadium
• Swiss office market: Market players are optimistic
• US housing crisis: A fight with tough sticks
• Asking rents: Apartments become more expensive again

Investment & Financing

• Real Estate InvestmentsPopulation growth - seniors are on the rise
• Investment projects:Transparency thanks to price and performance indices
• Performance: Real estate better than bonds
• Ras al-KhaimahSheikh Saud Bin Saqr al-Qasimi on the Development of his Desert State
• Financial marketsSwitzerland, Europe, North America and Asia

Projects & Objects

• Adelboden: The Bernese Oberland is bubbling - wellness, skiing and alpine baths
• Rheinfelden: Individual living thanks to result-oriented construction system
• Frankfurt: New district in the heart of Airport City

Know-how & Service

• Sale: Doing business with expertise and competence
• Portfolio Management: Weighing between return and risk
• Facllity Management: Hans-Peter Huber on education and training
• AgendaFairs, meetings, conferences

De Luxe

• ZurichNew construction in the classic residential quarter - uncompromisingly contemporary
• New York, Soho: Extraordinary penthouse with backyard garden

Final point

• Hans-Peter Fässler: "A property should give people shelter and a space to feel good."

Rubrics

• Editorial: Champions League Switzerland
• Imprint
• ColumnIrene Lanz on new requirements for architects
• Housing promotions