CBRE has seen an increased interest from corporate clients considering relocating office-based functions to Switzerland from major U.S. and European markets, including the United Kingdom. Active corporate occupiers of commercial real estate, particularly in the banking and finance, manufacturing and pharmaceutical sectors, are trending towards Switzerland as a base for functions initially including senior management, support and back-office.
Beyond the political and economic fallout of the Greek debt crisis and turmoil in the government bond markets in Europe, real estate investors are pondering the implications for the property sector. A new report by EMEA research – which considers whether increases in government bond yields in a number of European countries will negatively impact property market recovery – suggests that it will be the measures taken to restore public finances have the most potential to impact the real estate sector in the short to medium term, but that these impacts are more remote than might be expected and are most likely to affect secondary property rather than prime.
CB Richard Ellis has been named the premier global brand in commercial real estate, according to a survey of worldwide real estate professionals by The Lipsey Company. CB Richard Ellis has topped Lipsey’s annual ranking of commercial real estate brands for nine consecutive years.
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