New firm property and regional and local service development

In less than ten years, a corporate property market has emerged in Wallonia. This market first covered offices and retail units and recently extended to semi-industrial establishments. Its development is largely related to the creation of a new type of demand resulting from the growth of new service activities and from new expectations regarding physical units, environment, accessibility and location choices – on both sub-regional and local scales. It has been favoured by the appearance of new property stakeholders, Belgians as well as foreigners (developers, investors and estate agents), but... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Merenne-Schoumaker, Bernadette
Dokumenttyp: journal article
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Verlag/Hrsg.: FCT
Schlagwörter: Property market / Wallonia / Regional disparities / Marché immobilier / Wallonie / Disparités régionales / Business & economic sciences / Economic systems & public economics / Social & behavioral sciences / psychology / Human geography & demography / Sciences économiques & de gestion / Systèmes économiques & économie publique / Sciences sociales & comportementales / psychologie / Geographie humaine & démographie
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/69758

In less than ten years, a corporate property market has emerged in Wallonia. This market first covered offices and retail units and recently extended to semi-industrial establishments. Its development is largely related to the creation of a new type of demand resulting from the growth of new service activities and from new expectations regarding physical units, environment, accessibility and location choices – on both sub-regional and local scales. It has been favoured by the appearance of new property stakeholders, Belgians as well as foreigners (developers, investors and estate agents), but also by public authorities (the Walloon Region and economic development supra-communal agencies). This market’s emergence is related to the deepening of territorial contrasts as property development projects usually reinforce strong areas. ; En moins de dix ans, un marché immobilier d’entreprise a émergé en Wallonie. Ce marché a d’abord concerné les bureaux et les commerces et plus récemment le semi-industriel. Son développement est fortement lié à l’apparition d’une nouvelle demande induite par la croissance de nouvelles activités de services, par les nouvelles attentes en locaux, environnement et accessibilité ainsi qu’en choix de localisation tant à l’échelle sous-régionale que locale. Il a été largement favorisé par l’arrivée de nouveaux opérateurs immobiliers (promoteurs, investisseurs, agents immobiliers) étrangers et belges et aussi par les pouvoirs publics et plus particulièrement la Région wallonne et les intercommunales de développement. L’émergence de ce marché n’est pas étrangère à l’accroissement de contrastes territoriaux car les projets immobiliers ont généralement tendance à conforter les points forts.