Development and Developers: Perspectives on Property

Preface; Contributors; Approaching development; The market context of property development activity; Modelling the development sector of the property market; Market research for office real estate; The financial appraisal of development projects; Developers' decisions and property market behaviour; The organisation of property development professions and practices; The impact of land management and development strategies on urban redevelopment prospects; Developers in local property markets - assessing the implications of developer experiences and attitudes in the re-use of vacant industrial buildings in an old industrial area; System dynamics and the commecial development process - towards an understanding of complex behaviour and change; Evolution in the supply of commercial real estate: the emergence of a new relationship between suppliers and occupiers of real estate; Global players and the reshaping of local property markets: global pressures and local reactions; Developing interests: environmental innovation and the social organisation of the property business; Property companies and the remaking of markets: stories from the 1990s; Conclusions: interpreting development; Index.