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The last few weeks and months have served as a crash course both for businesses and individuals in how to be agile, resilient and innovative – whether managing teams working from home or baking sourdough bread.
Bill Gates, among others, warned of the threat of a global pandemic back in 2015, when he told a TED Talks audience that microbes were more dangerous than missiles. The warning largely fell on deaf ears....

Indeed, over the last few days, five separate major capital owners, all HNWIs, have contacted (international real estate broker) Tranio. The knock-on effects of the coronavirus – widespread panic, quarantine, falling oil prices, and weakening oil-dependent...

With economies contracting across Europe, ‘resilience’ has become a buzz word across business sectors and geographical boundaries.
What does it take for a real estate investment to maintain its resilience, making it ready for any twists or turns that the market might take? We talked with David Hutchings, head of European investment strategy at Cushman & Wakefield....

This feature was written for the MIPIM Preview magazine in February 2020; and all comments relate to the market pre-coronavirus
The attraction is no surprise. Demographic and social trends are driving demand and the market remains largely undersupplied. Meanwhile the intense competition for investment in other more traditional commercial real estate classes means paying a premium...