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C&W Blog: Center of Whats Next
Real estate trends in a nutshell: Using the Cushman & Wakefield blog to have a say on tomorrow's topics.
C&W Blog: Center of Whats Next
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Shivering themselves warm in winter
The nights are long, the trees are bare and the migratory birds have already flown south.
Verena Bauer • 22/12/2022

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Couch Shopping vs. City Centre Experience
How are high streets worldwide doing after Covid-19?
Verena Bauer • 15/12/2022

Insights • Sustainability / ESG
Superchargers in the basement car park
How rising demand for electric corporate fleets is influencing real estate planning
Verena Bauer • 09/12/2022

Insights • Investment / Capital Markets
Rent burden and real estate investment
Germany is a rental market. And with around 42.8 million households and a home ownership rate of only about 50 percent, it is actually the largest in Europe.
Verena Bauer • 25/04/2022

Insights • Sustainability / ESG
Is it better to convert or demolish? When is your property fit for the future, when does it have potential and when is even a conversion a hopeless prospect?
Verena Bauer • 22/04/2022

Insights • Sustainability / ESG
Why companies can only truly live and maintain a diverse work culture if their property is also structurally designed for diversity.
Verena Bauer • 15/03/2022

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Making traditional roles obsolete?
The woman is at the stove, the man earns the money – usual or exception? How does the distribution of roles between partners in Germany look? The same as in other European countries? Read more in our interviews.
Verena Bauer • 08/03/2022

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Single in old age: Modern care facilities
When mobility decreases, living alone quickly tilts in the direction of loneliness, neediness and social isolation. In a survey, Civey found out what exactly people want in terms of an age-appropriate future?
Verena Bauer • 07/03/2022

Insights • Sustainability / ESG
From bees to rooftop gardening and other ideas on how to make your office more environmentally friendly.
Verena Bauer • 07/02/2022

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German medical care in transition
The German market for medical care services is undergoing profound structural change: regional overcapacities, loss-making hospitals, rising operating costs, a sometimes significant investment backlog in real estate and a shortage of staff, at least regionally, characterise the care landscape.
Verena Bauer • 30/08/2021

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Premium Asset Class Nursing Homes
Applaud the care professions. The Covid-19 pandemic has once again brought hospitals, care facilities and the people who work and live in them into focus. What should the care ratio be? And for us also: What does this mean for healthcare real estate?
Verena Bauer • 29/04/2021

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Up to two storeys and eight rental units added in fifteen weeks - per existing building. And that for a total of 14 residential properties. A calculation that makes investors and owners sit up and take notice.
Verena Bauer • 27/04/2021

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Microapartments in the pandemic
The microliving concept, with ready-to-occupy, fully-furnished small apartments, was all the rage until early 2020. Both tenants and investors loved it. Then the coronavirus hit, and the world became a different place.
Verena Bauer • 23/04/2021

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Demand for rehabilitation clinics is rising
Extremely high demand and net initial yields of between 4.3 and 4.8 percent – investing in rehabilitation clinics has become a trend in recent years. No wonder, given the demographic shift and the associated increase in chronic illnesses as well as operations requiring subsequent inpatient rehabilitation.
Verena Bauer • 01/04/2021

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Three immo women on diversity in the industry
Companies with a higher degree of maturity in terms of diversity - starting with the gender ratio - are not only likely to grow faster than the competition but are also more innovative and benefit from happier clients and lower employee turnover.
Verena Bauer • 08/03/2021