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Currently, the crisis situation is driving the real estate markets around the world. Mainly in focus are so called ,core real estate investments: the most stable, nicest looking, most rented out and most ideally located investments. With these investments, investors intend to eliminate almost all risks. But are they really able to do so?
This book takes a closer look at the asset class and investment strategy ,core and tries to promote a clearer understanding of what ,core really is and what requirements this investment category has to fulfill. Furthermore, a new detention has been developed to narrow down a globally working detention throughout all asset types but mainly focusing on offices exemplified by the London and Frankfurt commercial real estate market.
In further chapters, risks around the ,core strategy are analyzed, and the current and past crisis situation´s connection with these investments is discussed.
This work is intended to help all real estate professionals, such as investors, fund managers, financial experts and all professionals having to do with major ,core real estate investments around the world who would like to get a clearer and more precise comprehension of the matter.

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David A. Pieper is a young real estate professional from Berlin, Germany. After finishing his Bachelor in Real Estate Economy at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, he completed his Real Estate Economist degree at the International Real Estate Business School (IREBS). He graduated in early 2012 as Executive MBA in Real Estate, cooperating among others with the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the University of Hong Kong. Besides the topic of ,core´ real estate investments, David A. Pieper focuses on the German residential real estate market, in particular Berlin and luxury real estate.

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