Investment
Seraj Al Baker, CEO, Mazaya Qatar Real Estate
Property in the GCC will hopefully never again reach the extraordinary levels of overvaluation it achieved in the pre-crash bubble – but the real estate market is well on the road to recovery, especially in those states not suffering from political instability and its resultant low investor confidence. Seraj Al Baker discusses Qatar’s progress and the opportunities of the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
January 11, 2012
Investment
Levent Eyüboğlu, CEO, Turkmall
Retail developer Turkmall has spread prolifically eastwards: today it manages $2.5bn of developments, and construction of another $2.5bn is planned for the next 12-18 months. CEO Levent Eyüboğlu discusses Turkmall’s flotation plans and its recent projects, including Europe’s largest shopping mall and a huge build in China.
November 28, 2011
Investment
Arthur Lang, Group CFO, CapitaLand Limited
CapitaLand is a pan-Asian real estate company, and although it also has interests in Europe the majority (80 percent) of its assets are in Singapore, China and Australia. Arthur Lang explains the company’s particular focus on China, and discusses some of the exciting projects the company is bringing to Singapore’s CBD.
November 11, 2011
Investment
Chong Kee Hiong, CEO, Ascott Residence Trust Management Ltd
Since its listing in 2006, Ascott REIT has expanded its assets three-fold to a current value of $2.2bn. CEO Chong Kee Hiong describes what investors are looking for when they invest in Ascott: the stability assured by the company’s European properties, and the growth from its Asia-Pacific portfolio.
October 3, 2011
Investment
Paul White, CEO, and Stuart Jenkin, Director of Fund Management, Frogmore Real Estate Partners
The UK real estate market is divided in two: there’s London, and there’s the rest of the country. Messrs White and Jenkin from the 50-year-old investment firm Frogmore discuss the many reasons for sub-sector growth within the capital, and explain the adding-value focus in managing the company’s funds.
September 9, 2011
Investment
Dan Labbad, CEO – EMEA, Lend Lease
As consumers and regulators demand more from their buildings, good sustainability practice is becoming fundamental to operating in property. Dan Labbad describes his own conversion to the cause and explains how Lend Lease collaborates with its partners in managing its $13bn in assets.
March 8, 2011