Property Management: Volume 39 Issue 4

Supporting strategic decision-making on the future campus with space utilisation studies: a case study

Bart Valks, Elizabeth Blokland, Catelijne Elissen, Iris van Loon, Danko Roozemond, Paul Uiterdijk, Monique Arkesteijn, Alexander Koutamanis, Alexandra Den Heijer

Across the world, many universities are dealing with a pressure on resources, caused by both organisational developments and ageing campuses. Space utilization studies have a…

Towards smart green wall maintenance and Wallbot technology

Sara Wilkinson, Marc Carmichael, Richardo Khonasty

The UN forecast of a 3-degree Celsius global temperature increase by 2,100 will exacerbate excessive heat. Population growth, urban densification, climate change and global…

Valuation for compensation practices in Kenya: an evaluation

Erastus Kiita Museleku

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the practices for valuation for compensation purposes in Kenya.

Bridging the gap between real estate research and professional practice in Nigeria

Tunbosun Biodun Oyedokun, Rotimi Boluwatife Abidoye, Solomon Pelumi Akinbogun

Beyond contributing to literature, research findings are expected to reinforce existing best practices while also serving as a springboard for formulating new and more efficient…

Is the real estate profession under threat? Assessing the effect of the involvement of non-professionals in Nigeria real estate agency service provision

Alirat Olayinka Agboola, Oluwasola Rebecca Jasper, Amamata Larai Zakari

This paper examines the effects of non-professionals' involvements in real estate service provision on real estate agency practice in Ibadan Nigeria, in order to provide…

Housing construction costs and house rents fluctuations in an emerging property market: the case of Osogbo, Nigeria

Augustina Chiwuzie, Daniel Ibrahim Dabara

Cost of construction of residential properties as well as its subsequent rent trends remain a major challenge to stakeholders in the property rental markets of emerging economies…

Collapse of public buildings, stability checks and the roles of facility managers in Ghana

Joseph Kwaku Kidido, Ibrahim Yahaya Wuni, Edward Ansah

The study investigated the perceived causes of structural failure of public buildings, frequency of stability checks, stability checking procedures, measures to enhance public…

The efficiency of REITs industry in Saudi Arabia: profit-oriented approach

Mohammad Alsharif

This study aims to extensively investigate the efficiency of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Saudi Arabia.