...Graeme Newell; Muhammad Jufri Marzuki; Martin Hoesli; Rose Neng Lai Purpose Opportunity real estate funds are an important style of real estate investing for institutional investors seeking nonlisted real estate exposure. Importantly, institutional investors have sought exposure to the China real...

...Olivia Muszynski; Mine E. Cinar Purpose Commercial property market allows for the potential development of a similar real estate investment trust (REIT) structure in China as the commercial REITs (C-REIT) such as those offshore in Hong Kong and Singapore. Design/methodology/approach...

...Mengmeng Dou; Lesley Anne Hemphill; Lay Cheng Lim Purpose The paper aims to quantitatively investigate vacant industrial land valuation accuracy in China, given the importance of the industrial market as an underlying pillar to promote urban growth especially in emerging economies. Design...

...David Faulkner Those who are new to China will find the early chapters on the development of the market since Deng’s reforms in the late 1970s to be particularly useful as the book sets the real estate market in the context of economic reforms and role that land plays in the financing of local...

...Qiulin Ke; Wencan Wang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that affect the retail rent of shopping centres in Wuhan, an important city in central China. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses a data set of 68 shopping centres in urban Wuhan. A regression...

...Qiulin Ke; Karen Sieracki Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the evolutionary path to market maturity that China property market has taken over the last few decades. The focus is on the commercial real estate markets in Beijing and Shanghai. It will help international investors...

... model RMSE test Rental value Retailing China The research about real estate rent is important because both property owners and tenants are concerned, and the investors take the rent into consideration when they make decision to invest or not. Reviewing the previous research about rent...

...Hong Wang; Albert Cao; Hong Wang; Yining Sun; Yin Chen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose advice on the design of pilot real estate investment trusts (REITs) and the future development of a REITs market in China. Design/methodology/approach This study presents a qualitative...

...Qiulin Ke; Michael White Purpose Shanghai is the most important economic centre in China. It also has the nation's largest modern office market in terms of floorspace and investment values. However, as with office markets in other cities and countries, the Shanghai market displays rental...

...Hong Wang; Albert Cao; Graeme Newell; Kwong Wing Chau; Siu Kei Wong Purpose The significant economic growth and urbanisation of China in recent years has seen increased importance given to infrastructure development in China; this includes airports, toll roads, communications, ports, power plants...

...Hong Wang; Albert Cao; Graeme Newell; Kwong Wing Chau; Siu Kei Wong Purpose International investors have shown considerable recent interest regarding property investment in China via both direct and indirect property. The purpose of this paper is to assess the significance and performance...

.../methodology/approach This paper conducts institutional analysis on the behaviour of the Chinese state and examines results from major interview programmes and field investigations on six cities in China. Findings The Chinese state deviates from other developmental states and is polymorphous, i.e. lacking...

...Robin Goodchild; Michael C.H. Quek; Seow Eng Ong Purpose There is currently no real estate investment trust (REIT) listed in China. As of date, only two REITs – GZI REIT of Hong Kong and CapitaRetail China Trust (CRCT) of Singapore – have securitised Chinese property assets. The purpose...

... are based on the authors' interpretation and first‐hand experience of the contemporary business environment. A case study example to illustrate the changing requirements for professional real estate services in mainland China is provided. Findings Economic globalization creates new opportunities in real...

... firms and a survey of individual valuers involved in the appraisal of properties in Hong Kong and China. Findings The results show that there are significant differences between the strategic management and the operational level across several facets of the valuation process in Hong Kong and China...

...Anthony Walker; Keith McKinnell Examines the development of China′s land management system and the hidden constraints within which a socialist market system is striving to get established. Also examines the rationale behind investment in geographical areas of the PRC and the different trends...

...Kwong Chau; Wai Lai Examines the problems of valuing properties in China, as part of an ongoing research project on the developing of the socialist market economy in China. Identifies these problems by examining the valuation reports in the listing documents of the Chinese State enterprises issuing...