To compensate for several decades of insufficient public investment in the sectors as strategic as transport, higher education or health, we have experienced a growing involvment of the private sector in the development of public facilities. Moreover, the need of new financing sources lead to an increased attention to the real estate development potential of these facilities which structure the urban space attract flows of people. Two trends that are explained illustrated by some examples:
The succes of on-site child-care facilities; The commercial renewal of train stations; Investors’ interest for nursing homes.
E-shoppping is taking a major scale. The Focus E-commerce deeply analysis the caracteristics of this trend that cannot be ignored and its real estate impact. This publication includes an interview of the retailer ALDO.
In 2010, E-commerce in France …
A turnover of €31 Bn vs 700 million € 10 years ago;
81,900 retail sites vs 14,500 in 2005
28 millions of e-buyers, i.e. + 10 millions in 4 years!
Yes to the sustainable development! But there is no point in deluding ourselves, we will still need parking lots for some time to come because…
there are 37 million cars in France ;
of which 73% are used daily or almost : The Focus Parking gives a panorama of the parking as a product in the commercial real estate markets. It will provides you reading guides on construction cost rules, floor area ratios, rents, management methods and real estate valuation.
The important economic concepts (interest and cost of the time, yield/risk pair, rate hierarchy, update)
Rate creation mechanism (leading role of central banks, reference of bond markets)
The various real estate rates (return/capitalization, gross/net, theoretical/effective)
Valuers’ practice and investors’ thinking (immediate yields)
The impact of financing on real estate return
City attractivity is closely linked to retail! Who are the champions in retail in the significant French retailing cities?
What are the most sought-after cities by retailers and why?
This document gives an overall and clear view to understand the intertwining of the different themes involving the sustainable development in commercial real estate, decisions taken by the government, as well as concrete impacts on laws, on land settlement, on values, on management and valuation methods… One thing that needs to be remembered is: we have one year and a half left to be prepared to action. In 2011, these principles will be implemented. Until then, decisions have to be made for each building.
Focus Performances en immobilier tertiaire - January 2009
The publication target is to identify the main components in real estate costs and to shed light on the possible adjustments allowing to optimise the real estate performance of companies by analysing:
A non exhaustive global view on the link that exists between the service development and infrastructures based on chosen examples and supported by players’ interviews.
The report focus on:
infrastructures, in particular those related to transport, in Ile-de-France
more widely on cultural and sportive facilities, in regions and even beyond national borders.
This study aims to make lines of thinking more than deepening an issue that would be too ambitious to be exhaustive.
ICC, IRL, ICC, maybe soon ILB: with all these indexes, it is difficult to find their way! Fortunately, the Research department held an investigation to explain you:
the process of indexation;
the composition of different indexes;
which index can be used according to the type of property?
and a lot of other things (comparative of indexed rent cost/move, trends in indexes…).
In 2009, France will be one of the developed countries where household consumption will resist the best to the crisis. The retail sector is expected to face significant changes from the next decade:
rise in online retail;
more efficient sales points thanks to new technologies;
new operationg modes of consumption;
development of hard discount stores and decline of small retailers.
This publication presents a positioning of the 680 commercial centres listed by the CNCC (Conseil National des Centres Commerciaux) never published before.
In the absence of legal definition in the lettable area for the commercial real estate, each one can include more or less what she/he wants. That’s why it seems important for us to make a point on the space issue:
different calculation of areas in commercial real estate
example of space breakdown
optimization of areas is the main driving force in the reduction of occupation costs
environmental imperatives are consumer of Gross Internal Area
developer point of view
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To compensate for several decades of insufficient public investment in the sectors as strategic as transport, higher education or health, we have experienced a growing involvment of the private sector in the development of public facilities. Moreover, the need of new financing sources lead to an increased attention to the real estate development potential of these facilities which structure the urban space attract flows of people. 
E-shoppping is taking a major scale. The Focus E-commerce deeply analysis the caracteristics of this trend that cannot be ignored and its real estate impact. This publication includes an interview of the retailer ALDO
« IT data are today the most valuable resources of companies just after human resources. » 
Yes to the sustainable development! But there is no point in deluding ourselves, we will still need parking lots for some time to come because…
The important economic concepts (interest and cost of the time, yield/risk pair, rate hierarchy, update)
City attractivity is closely linked to retail!
The publication target is to identify the main components in real estate costs and to shed light on the possible adjustments allowing to optimise the real estate performance of companies by analysing: 
A non exhaustive global view on the link that exists between the service development and infrastructures based on chosen examples and supported by players’ interviews. 
ICC, IRL, ICC, maybe soon ILB: with all these indexes, it is difficult to find their way! Fortunately, the Research department held an investigation to explain you:
In 2009, France will be one of the developed countries where household consumption will resist the best to the crisis. The retail sector is expected to face significant changes from the next decade: 
In the absence of legal definition in the lettable area for the commercial real estate, each one can include more or less what she/he wants. That’s why it seems important for us to make a point on the space issue: 
France