How the Eastern Hemisphere is Setting the Scene for the Metaverse
Just a few weeks ago, residents of the capital city of South Korea gained some impressive bragging rights about their city. The Seoul Metropolitan Government…
China’s Messy Property Market Shows Promise for Foreign Investors
China’s property market is in trouble, and it is experiencing a significant collapse, which could impact the world’s second-largest economy. About a quarter of the…
Industrial Real Estate is Exposed to E-commerce Headwinds
Plenty has been written about the skyrocketing growth of e-commerce over the last couple of decades, compounded in recent years by pandemic lockdowns of “non-essential”…
The Tangled Web of China’s Property Market is Only Getting Worse
News of Evergrande’s default was the shot heard ‘round the property world back in December of 2021, resulting in a cascade of financial woes that…
Will the Next Real Estate Bubble Come Out of China?
By now you have likely already heard the headlines about China’s largest developer Evergrande.
Quirks of the Chinese Leasing System
While the Chinese developer Evergrande’s debt crisis has dominated the headlines for months now, another cloud of uncertainty has loomed over China’s real estate market…
Will Chinese Property Giant Evergrande Ever Pay the Piper?
All across China, new office and apartment towers sit completely vacant, built, and then forgotten. For years foreigners have been fascinated by the growing ghost…
What 5 New Cities Tell Us About the Future of Urban Planning
Since the days of antiquity, nations have endeavored to build civilization where there is none. The history of civilization is the story of urban planning,…
Global Elevator Industry Chases the Dragon
Elevators are the key invention that unlocked modern cities. Before they rose to popularity cities were limited in how high they could climb and lower…
Commercial Real Estate in the Age of the COVID-19 Virus
Most of us remember the movie Outbreak, which turned 25 years old last week. A deadly virus had been spread by a spider monkey and a…