Cape town real estate market
Miguel Vergara, gerente de Camacol Atlántico en rueda de
Grupo GICSA es sinónimo de visión e innovación y se convirtieron en los disruptores del retail y las experiencias en México, además de desarrollar proyectos inmobiliarios, íconos de las ciudades donde se ubican.
Desde muy jóvenes incursionaron en la industria textil familiar, para después incursionar en el mercado internacional de la alta costura y posteriormente participar en la industria alimenticia. Durante este recorrido, identificaron el potencial y las oportunidades de negocio de la industria inmobiliaria. Así nació GICSA en 1991.
Tras 31 años de experiencia, han desarrollado 72 proyectos con una Superficie Bruta Alquilable de más de 300 hectáreas. Sus centros comerciales registran más de 100 millones de visitantes que crecen cada año, excepto en época de pandemia por las razones que ya conocemos.
Grupo GICSA es uno de los desarrolladores a gran escala líderes en México, manejando exitosamente toda la cadena de valor inmobiliaria, desde la identificación de oportunidades, adquisición de terrenos, diseño y desarrollo de proyectos, construcción y comercialización, hasta la presentación de servicios especializados de valor agregado para mantener e incrementar el valor de los inmuebles.
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After studying 16 real estate projects in Santiago, the authors show that the high price of housing is explained by the steep rents obtained by investors. Internationally, a return of 18% is normal and good, but the projects studied do not go below 40%. Thus, new housing is only within the reach of the richest in each commune. They argue that the State cannot stand by and watch prices rise and propose that it should regulate profitability. If this were 18%, they say, "properties would reduce their value by between 10% and 54%".
Today in Chile we are witnessing a housing crisis, the clearest representation of which is a deficit of 500 thousand units and purchase and rental prices that are increasingly out of reach of the pockets (see Central Bank report). In the previous column we critically reviewed the most frequent explanations for this crisis: lack of land and excessive regulations. And it was argued that the price problem should be linked to financial speculation. Here we will present new evidence to that effect.
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the unequal distribution of social groups in the space of the city, which is expressed, for example, in neighborhoods of different social status. We speak in general of socioeconomic groups, neighborhoods of rich people, middle class, popular, etc. (Sabatini, 2006:5).
There are different and complex factors that generate segregation, ranging from cultural and sociological factors, where fear of the other, belonging and aspiration to a social group influence the formation of segregation. Other factors can be of an economic nature, ranging from the business point of view in terms of consumption spaces, where a distinction of social classes is produced, to those related to real estate dynamics, which offers different properties in different parts of the city, resulting in spatial fragmentation.
Likewise, it is important to mention that within this residential segregation, one of the most extreme modalities that are currently being produced are the gated communities (Sabatini, 2006). These gated communities have different names in Latin American countries[i], in the case of Mexico they are called gated communities, and are developments aimed at the high-income population; however, gated communities are also currently being built for the middle and lower economic classes.
Used home prices are recovering
MERIDIA REAL ESTATE III SOCIMI ('Meridia III') is a listed real estate investment company (SOCIMI) launched in 2016 by alternative asset manager Meridia Capital Partners SGEIC, SA. With an investment capacity of €400m, the €215m vehicle (incl. co-investment) invests in all real estate segments in Madrid and Barcelona. It aims to carry out value add projects in its two core markets.
In January 2019 Meridia Capital acquired a hotel in Madrid's Chamartin district. The asset is a three-star hotel with an area of 12,580m² and 199 rooms. The transaction also includes 2 adjacent commercial spaces and 94 parking spaces. Meridia Capital plans to carry out several refurbishments to improve and reposition the asset leveraging on the team's experience and track record in the hospitality sector.
In December 2018, we acquired several building plots with a total buildable area of 24,605m² for €25.8 million. The plots are located in the 22@ district, one of the areas of Barcelona with the greatest potential. Meridia Capital intends to carry out a transformation plan to develop the land for tertiary use and fully integrate it into the local community.
