...Hilde T. Remøy; Sara J. Wilkinson Purpose The City of Melbourne seeks to retrofit 1,200 CBD properties by 2020 as part of the strategy to become carbon neutral, whilst Amsterdam aims to cut CO₂ emissions 40 per cent by 2025. Oversupply in the Amsterdam office market makes conversion...

...Vivienne Spurge; Nigel Almond Developments in telecommunications over the past few years, especially broadband communications, have demonstrated the benefits and efficiencies that such technologies can bring to office occupiers, for example, the faster and more efficient transfer of data...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Landlord Lease Offices Greater flexibility in office leases Keywords: Landlord, Lease, Offices Landlords should consider agreeing to provide the capital cost of major tenant alterations in return for an increase in rent, while corporate...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Offices Costs Occupancy cost plan for offices Keywords: Offices, Costs The total buiIding occupancy costs of offices can exceed £10,000 per 100m² of floor area per annum. The latest BMI Special Report estimates the total occupancy...

... Research carried out for the RICS and English Heritage demonstrates that listed office buildings are capable of producing a financial rate of return as good as, and in many cases better than, more modern office buildings. A study entitled The Investment Performance of Listed Office...

... spirals. © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Offices Occupation Call centres Keywords Offices, Occupation "Call centres are a strategic business tool which have the potential to bring about a profound change in the way companies are organised and also in the way they use, procure...

... Building evaluation Offices BREEAM 98 for Offices Keywords Building evaluation, Offices BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is a means of reviewing and improving the environmental performance of buildings. Since the scheme was first launched in 1990, BREEAM...

...Connel Bottom; Stanley McGreal; George Heaney Office buildings in the City of London accommodate a wide variety of tenant organisations whose business characteristics and property requirements differ. Physical design/quality attributes also differ between buildings and, therefore, either constrain...

... © MCB UP Limited 1998 --> Occupation Offices Property market Commenting on the report,RICS President Peter McKendrick says: "In almost every city in the UK there is a huge stock of empty offices which, in their present state, have no value or purpose for British business ­ ten...

... Jones Lang Wootton ­ office service charges Keywords Costs,Occupation, Offices Research released on 16 December 1997 shows that average aggregate office service charges in the UK have fallen for the second consecutive year despite continuing inflationary pressures. Jones Lang...

... m² (120,000 sq ft) at 60 Gracechurch Street. Figure 6 City of London office market take-up With a number of major pre-lets still being negotiated, take-up figures are likely to remain high during the early part of this year, although shortages of top quality stock could restrict...

... --> Investment Offices Property market Institutional investment offices Keywords Investment, Offices, Property market Robert Fames, Investment Partner at Hillier Parker, commenting on the publication of the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) figures for institutional investment...

... of properties built. The supply of prime office buildings in the major cities in China has been unprecedented because of the strong demand from local and overseas companies. To preserve the investment value of the buildings, there is a great need for good management. Provides an overview of environmental...

...Cedric Pugh Addresses issues and questions in an evaluative review of the insolvency of office developer Olympia and York at Canary Wharf in 1992. Asks: what made a large, private company internationally vulnerable? Why could property cycles with their risks become internationalized...

... & Counties has attracted new tenants by building environmentally sensitive and aesthetically‐pleasing premises. In conclusion, argues that if developers plan new offices carefully, with the emphasis on tenant care, this should ensure both economic and environmental benefits © MCB UP Limited 1994...

... Offices Refurbishment THE LIMITS OF INTELLIGENT OFFICE REFURBISHMENT David Boyd and Ljubomir Jankovic The 1980s witnessed a tremendous change in office requirements caused by the introduction of information technology. An intelligent building is more than a structure and is defined in performance...

... of property managers. Concludes that user satisfaction is increasingly important in decision making about the workplace, and that better techniques will have to be used to ascertain staff priorities. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Employees Offices Property development STAFF SATISFACTION IN NEW OFFICES...

...Roger Enemy Outlines the Local Government Finance Act which lays down the way living accommodation is to be treated for Community Charge purposes. Considers whether living accommodation in offices should be rated or subject to the Community Charge, and whether it can make a difference to the amount...

...G. Brown Describes the rapid technical development that took place in the lighting industry in the 1980s, driven by energy cost pressures. Discusses product development, office lighting problems, legislation,changing working needs, new design approaches, HF fluorescent lighting,maintenance...

...F. Duffy Discusses speculative offices in London, a city where the two major office design traditions are found side‐by‐side. Considers the changing nature of London offices, the British “Anglo‐Saxon” office tradition, the North American office tradition in London, and the European approach where...