Cross-border real estate investment in the Asia Pacific region could achieve a record high this year as foreign investors shore up interest and seek assets in greener pastures beyond borders. As it stands, year-to-date intra-regional cross-border transaction volumes have already exceeded the previous 10-year record high in 2015 (1Q15-3Q15) by 30 per cent, and is […]
When we think about green buildings, we are often interested in aspects like energy consumption and efficient energy usage to minimize the environmental impact. While these are critical elements, we often overlook how green buildings also impact the health, wellbeing and productivity of their occupants. If your workplace is in Thailand, especially in Bangkok, you […]
Once we lose trust, relationship is impossible. We can compromise it, and stick around for the ride but the truth is, once trust is gone, love can’t flow. In business, as has been proven over and over, people can’t be trusted. Leave an employee near an open computer and they’ll connect to the internet and […]
Real estate development, or property development, is a multifaceted business, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of improved land or parcels to others. Developers are the coordinators of the activities, converting ideas on paper into real property. Real estate development […]
Large-scale and sophisticated mixed-use development projects in big cities, such as Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, are becoming a hot trend in Thailand. Mixed-use projects e.g. One Bangkok and ICON SIAM are a new type of property development in Thailand that comprising an ecosystem of housing, office, and shopping space. Furthermore, these projects are unique in […]
Real estate is “Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; (also) an item of real property; (more generally) buildings or housing in general. Also: the business of real estate; the profession of […]
Highly sensitive persons (HSP’s) are unique individuals who have different work traits and characteristics from the rest of workers. These people react readily to any stimulation which others may find as annoying or undesirable. However, these people actually have an edge at the work place because of their special traits. Highly sensitive people are known […]
Among Asian cities, Shanghai, the commercial and financial centre of China, is on track to become part of the “Big Seven” group of Established World Cities before the end of the decade. That’s according to JLL’s Director for Global Research, Jeremy Kelly, who says that Shanghai’s fast-track momentum is supported by massive infrastructure investment, increasing […]
