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Prime office space: define what quality means to your business
Prime is a marketing description unless the features behind it are defined. An office should earn its place on a shortlist through the way it serves the occupier.
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Dubai Commercial Property: Offices & Retail
Dubai office and retail analysis for occupiers and owners: rents, supply, fit-out costs and the practical checks behind a commercial shortlist.
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Retail beneath new homes: test the future catchment
Retail beneath a future residential community depends on more than the number of planned homes. A purchaser needs to understand how the intended business would reach and serve customers.
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An operator’s brief for four commercial locations
A location brief for an operator should connect the area to the work being done. Different requirements can lead to different premises even within the same budget.
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Retail leasing: check frontage, footfall and fit-out
A retail lease should be assessed from the customer's approach to the unit and the operator's work behind the counter. Both affect whether the premises are usable.
Investing / Analysis
Buying an office: the owner-occupier’s decision
Buying an office can serve a long-term operating plan, but ownership also commits capital and creates responsibilities. Compare it with renting under the same business assumptions.
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Plan office space around the next stage of growth
Office space should support the next stage of a business without depending on a single optimistic growth forecast. Layout flexibility and contract obligations need to be considered together.
Investing / Analysis
Compare offices and community retail without mixing assumptions
An office and a community shop can suit different investment objectives. Comparing them requires separate operating assumptions before any headline yield is considered.
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Flexible offices need clear lease terms
A flexible office layout and a flexible lease are different things. Both should be tested against the business's likely changes.
Investing / Analysis
Underwrite a shop’s rental income carefully
A shop's proposed rent needs to be examined alongside the costs of ownership and the tenant's ability to use the premises. An advertised yield is not an operating account.
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An office launch needs a credible occupier case
An office launch requires a credible explanation of who will use the space and why. A new building or premium description alone does not establish future leasing demand.
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Event-season retail: questions before signing
Event-season retail can create unusual operating peaks. A lease still needs to work outside those peaks and within the premises' actual constraints.
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Scarce office space still needs careful pricing
A claim that office space is scarce needs a definition of the space being discussed. Scarcity of one specification does not establish the appropriate price of every office.
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Different commercial assets need different investment cases
Different commercial assets require different investment cases. An office, shop and development-stage unit should not be evaluated through a single simplified return figure.
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Major sporting events and the limits of property forecasts
A major sporting event is not automatic evidence of property demand in another location. Commercial operators should investigate the connection rather than assume it.
Investing / Analysis
Dubai commercial property: a guide to offices and retail
Compare offices and retail premises in Dubai by business use, total cost, location and the evidence needed before a viewing or offer.
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Choose a shop location around the customer journey
A shop location should be assessed through the customer's journey and the operator's daily work. A prominent district name cannot answer those questions on its own.
Investing / Analysis
Buy a shop for its usable space and sustainable income
Buying a shop for occupation and buying it for rental income require different evidence. Clarify the objective before comparing candidates.
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An office district comparison for occupiers
An office district comparison should preserve the practical differences between actual buildings. Broad area averages cannot establish how a team will experience its workplace.