Real Estate Business Issue 9/2008

IMMO-WORLD

• Sylvester "Rambo" Stallone churns out millions
• Forward-looking projects in Zermatt
• Reeperbahn: When towers dance
• Dubai: A new city for 60 billion dollars
• Intershop's new CEO on stable prices
• Weggis: Multimillionaire plans posh hotel
• Cher seeks buyers in Malibu

PLAYER

• After the merger of the general contractors Losinger and Marazzi - Jacky Gillmann and Werner Müller take stock: "We exchange information and coordinate our activities.

MARKET & INVESTMENT

• Focus on Nippon: The sun rises in Japan for investors
• Bankruptcy vulture over Spain: Real estate prices go down the drain
• The dream of a tropical paradise: Heavenly prices lure in Bali
•  Protect against losses in the value of residential property
• Eacility Management: The competition is raging. Interview with the CEO of Mibag
• Coveted offices in western Switzerland
• Asking rents: New apartments remain stable in price
• Single markets: Switzerland, Europe, North America and Asia

PROJECTS & OBJECTS

• Office and residential towers above a New York marshalling yard
• Exclusive residences at the Dolder

ARCHITECTURE & LIVING

• Brione ob Minusio: Fresh elegance for a historic wild boar butcher's house

HOTEL-WORLD

• Design hotels are in vogue - Tasteful accommodation even for the small purse

SERVICE

• Agenda: Trade fairs, meetings, conferences
• Master's degree at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Zurich
• Real Estate Talks: Successful Leasing

HEADLINES

• Editorial: Hard-working, friendly, but foreign
• Imprint

FOCUS: THUN

• Column: Ursula Haller on her favourite city on the Aare

PROJECTS & OBJECTS

• Impressive city and lakeside projects - from Emmi and Selve to the Lachen Hotel
• Architect Barbara Holzer about urban planning
• Thun on the offensive: head of city branding on significant real estate growth

CLOSEOUT

• Bernese Oberland summit stormer: Stephan Siegrist on mountains, lust and stunts

FAIR SPECIAL

• Plan your own home
• Alternative heating
• Solid purchase agreement
• Living arrangements for 50 plus
• Wine cellar for everyone