Track2Realty: The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the world’s leading professional qualification and standard setting body in land, property and construction sector and Amity University have established the RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University at Noida campus, to address the shortage of skilled professionals in the sector.
Track2Realty: In India, labour shortage is pegged to go up by 65 per cent by the next decade with more workforce moving from traditional brick and mortar industry like the construction and real estate sectors to more lucrative industries such as IT, ITeS, Banking and Telecom.
Track2Realty: Mumbai-based Omkar Realtors & Developers has partnered with ESPA International to create the first global onsite spa at its upcoming ultra-luxury residential project at Worli, Mumbai.
Track2Realty: Union Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath has promised to enhance collaboration with UK to improve overall urban infrastructure. He was speaking on Monday, Oct 8, at RICS international conference-Cities 2030: Are we on track?
Track2Realty: Cushman & Wakefield estimates commercial office space demand of over 180 million square feet (msf) in the next five years (2012 – 16) in the top 8 cities of the country. This was released in the annual publication entitled “Evolving Paradigm – Future of Indian Real Estate” in association with Global Real Estate Institute (GRI) at their India Summit 2012. The report also estimates the total expected supply for the next five years in these eight cities as 219. 6 million sqft, basis announced projects and current pace of construction; indicating a condition of excess supply in the coming few years.
Track2Realty: Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Manish Aggarwal, Executive Director, India as the North India operations lead for all service lines. Manish will be responsible for providing strategic direction to Cushman & Wakefield’s Northern India business and facilitate enhanced service delivery.
Track2Realty: In cases where zoning laws and the co-operative housing society in question permit it, there can be cases where running a business from home is viable. Doing so can save on the cost of renting or purchasing a commercial space. It also saves on the cost of commuting to and from work as well as on many operational costs.
Cushman & Wakefield has opened its new office in Ahmedabad…
CBRE Group, Inc. has announced that the company has been recognized as the #4 outsourcing services provider across all industries, and the highest-ranked real estate services company, according to the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’ (IAOP) Global Outsourcing 100. CBRE is the first real estate services firm to break into the elite top 5 on IAOP’s list. The firm improved its ranking from #6 in 2011.
Understanding cultural differences is the key to successful workplace change programs in Asia, according to a new report from Jones Lang LaSalle.