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Office Markets & Public Policy REAL ESTATE ISSUES Office Markets REAL ESTATE ISSUES & Public Policy This is the first book that looks at how offices and office markets in cities have Also available in the series changed over the last 30 years. It analyses the long-term trends and processes Markets & Institutions in Real within office markets, and the interaction with the spatial economy and the Estate & Construction planning of cities. It draws on examples around the world, and looking forward Ball Policy Public & Markets Office at the future consequences of information communication technologies and the 9781405110990 sustainability agenda, it sets out the challenges that now face investors. The Right to Buy: Analysis & Evaluation of a Housing Policy The traditional business centres of cities are losing their dominance to the brash Jones & Murie new centres of the 1980s and 1990s, as the concept of the central business 9781405131971 district becomes more diffuse. Edge cities, business space and office parks have Housing Markets & Planning Policy entered the vocabulary as offices have also decentralised. The nature and pace of Jones & Watkins changes to office markets set within evolving spatial structures of cities has had 9781405175203 implications for tenants and led to a demand for shorter leases. The consequence is a rethink of the traditional perception of property investment as a secure long Challenges of the Housing Economy: An International Perspective term investment, and this is reflected in reduced investment holding periods by Jones, White & Dunse financial institutions. 9780470672334 Office Markets & Public Policy analyses these processes and policy issues from an Towers of Capital: Office Markets & international perspective and covers: International Financial Services Lizieri l A descriptive and theoretical base encompassing an historical context, 9781405156721 a review of the fundamentals of the demand for and supply of the office Office Markets market and offices as an investment. Embedded within this section is a perspective on underlying forces particularly the influence of technological change. l A synthesis of our understanding of the spatial structure and dynamics of & Public Policy local office markets at the city level. l An assessment of the goals and influence of planning policies, and the evaluation of policies designed toward the long term sustainability of cities as services centres. This goes beyond standard real estate and urban economics books by assessing the changing shape of urban office markets within a spatial theoretical and policy context. It will be a useful advanced text for honours and postgraduate students Jones of land economy; land management; property and real estate; urban planning; and urban studies. It will also be of interest to researchers, property professionals, policy-makers and planning practitioners. Colin Jones The Author Colin Jones is Professor of Estate Management, Institute for Housing, Urban and Real Estate Research, Heriot-Watt University REI_JONES_ppc_9781405199766.indd 1-3 08/02/13 08:05 Office Markets & Public Policy Office Markets & Public Policy Colin Jones Professor of Estate Management Institute for Housing, Urban and Real Estate Research Heriot-Watt University A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication This edition first published 2013 © 2013 Colin Jones. Wiley-Blackwell is an imprint of John Wiley & Sons, formed by the merger of Wiley’s global Scientific, Technical and Medical business with Blackwell Publishing. 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Title: Office markets and public policy. HD1393.55.J66 2013 333.33′87–dc23 2012045884 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-405-19976-6 Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Cover design by Garth Stewart. Cover image courtesy of iStockphoto. Set in 10/13pt Trump Mediaeval by SPi Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India 1 2013 The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is the mark of property professionalism worldwide, promoting best practice, regulation and consumer protection for business and the community. It is the home of property related knowledge and is an impartial advisor to governments and global organisations. It is committed to the promotion of research in support of the efficient and effec- tive operation of land and property markets worldwide. Real Estate Issues Series Managing Editors Clare Eriksson Head of Research, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors John Henneberry Department of Town & Regional Planning, University of Sheffield K.W. Chau Chair Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong Elaine Worzala Director of the Carter Real Estate Center, Department of Economics and Finance, School of Business and Economics, College of Charleston Real Estate Issues is an international book series presenting the latest thinking into how real estate markets operate. The books have a strong theoretical basis – providing the underpinning for the development of new ideas. The books are inclusive in nature, drawing both upon established tech- niques for real estate market analysis and on those from other academic disciplines as appropriate. 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