Features
Housing in Argentina
In 2015, Argentina had a gross domestic product (GDP) of U.S. $586 billion.[1] It is the third largest economy in Latin America and among the largest in Emerging Markets.[2] In accordance with the...
Topic: Special Issue – Global Real Estate
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Growth vs. Sustainability: Can Tokyo Have It All?
A strong economy or a stable lifestyle: Which scenario is preferable? I. INTRODUCTION I grew up in the 1950s and 60s when the Japanese economy was experiencing a strong growth. Everybody in Japan...
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How Risks are Shifted Within the German Real Estate Market
Wall of Equity and Debt The current interest rate environment in the European Union (EU) creates the following situation, which can be described best as a “wall of equity meets a wall of debt”:...
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Water in the West
Driving through my neighborhood in Southern California, I see a different landscape than when I moved in a little more than a year ago. In my gated community, there once was an almost cult-like...
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Public Trust: Toward Building a Park and Open Space Legacy
Interest in, and use of, the Public Trust Doctrine has reached unprecedented levels recently in response to the growing threat that urban growth poses for parks and open spaces. The Public Trust...
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It’s a “Small World”…with Big Economic Challenges
One need only reflect upon the headlines of late regarding Brexit, Trans-Pacific-Partnership (TPP), Hanjin shipping bankruptcy, and slowing GDP growth to realize that all is not harmonious in the...
Perspectives
Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Future of our Cities
I met my business partner Dan Gans in 1972 when we were both freshman at Gettysburg College. One year after graduating, we decided to start a development business together. After studying the entire...
Resource Reviews
Resource Review: 24-Hour Cities: Real investment performance, not just promises
Book by: Hugh F. Kelly, Ph.D., CRE (© 2016, Routeledge; 326 Pages) Hugh Kelly reminds us in more than one place in 24 Hour Cities that “a list of ingredients does not constitute a recipe.” In...
Resource Reviews
Resource Review: The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us
The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us by Joel Kotkin Joel Kotkin is a significant persona and one of the more prolific writers on the non-politically correct side of the “urbanism”...
