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For this project I revised and rewrote the commercial zone districts Jefferson County, Missouri, to address the common problems related existing commercial zone districts. The existing districts are either permissive or too limited. The vast majority of commercially zoned property in the County is zoned one district, a district that allows nearly eve commercial use. The Planning Staff has a difficult time keeping large commercial uses away from uses that could be adversely affected. I the commercial zone districts of four counties and used ideas from each to write new commercial zone districts. These proposed districts contain ranges of uses that will encourage new commercial development in areas of the county that do not have the infrastructure to support large-scale co development, but that could support smaller development. This project shows some of the problems counties have with commercial zone dist some solutions to these problems, and some techniques that can be u revise and rewrite a zoning ordinance. / Department of Urban Planning

In recent years, investors have become more concerned about where they invest their capital and how to spread the risk among different asset types. The interest in commercial real estates has increased as this market is seen as less volatile than the stock market. Previous research for other economies has found that the commercial real estate market and the stock market do not cointegrate. Therefore it is possible to invest in both asset classes to create diversified portfolios. This thesis examines if such cointegration relationship exist on the Swedish market. Furthermore, the thesis examines the correlation and the lead-lag relationship between the two asset classes. The observed data is quarterly between the years 1994-2013 and the indices used are OMX Stockholm, sold multi-dwelling and commercial buildings, and sold manufacturers industries. To examine if there exist any cointegration between the indices the Engle-Granger 2-step method is used and the lead-lag relationship is tested by using the Granger Causality test. The results from the different tests do not show any short- or long-term relationship between the Swedish stock market and the Swedish commercial real estate market, neither do the assets show any lead-lag relationship. This means that the portfolio risk decreases and it is therefore possible for investors to diversify their portfolios with both short- and long-term time horizons.

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Economics, August 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.U.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Verskeie faktore, finansieel en nie-finansieel, kan die opbrengs op winkelsentrum-beleggings beïnvloed. Hierdie faktore is egter nie almal ewe belangrik nie. Sommige, byvoorbeeld die huurdersamestelling, kan ‘n wesenlike impak op die finansiële resultate hê. Ander faktore is onbeheerbaar, byvoorbeeld die inflasiekoers. Die bestuur en bestuursagente van winkelsentrums het bepaalde doelwitte wat hulle moet bereik. In die geval van ‘n kommersiële eiendom soos ‘n winkelsentrum is dit heelwaarskynlik maksimering van die markwaarde (toekomstige kontantvloeie). Ten einde die gestelde doelwitte te bereik, moet die bestuur: • weet watter faktore die opbrengs van die winkelsentrum kan beïnvloed • beheerbare, halfbeheerbare en onbeheerbare faktore kan identifiseer • dié faktore wat die grootste impak op opbrengs kan hê, kan identifiseer • bewus wees van die verwantskap tussen die verskillende faktore ‘n Lys van 133 subfaktore wat die opbrengs op winkelsentrums kan beïnvloed is geïdentifiseer. Hierdie fakore is in die volgende vyf hoofkategorieë ingedeel: • ligging • ekonomiese omstandighede • bestuursstrategie • huurderverwante aangeleenthede • verbruikersverwante aangeleenthede Hierdie raamwerk dui aan watter faktore die opbrengs van winkelsentrums kan beïnvloed, hoe belangrik elke faktor is, en in watter mate die faktore beheerbaar is al dan nie. / Prof. A. Boessenkool

The following thesis is a qualitative study of career barriers and opportunities for women in commercial real estate in Sweden. Additionally the purpose is to make suggestions for positive change opportunities for the industry as a whole. The Swedish real estate industry is currently experiencing a rather substantial generational change in addition to a shortage of interest from the younger generations. It is male dominated and still largely considered to be conservative in its values and practices. There is a need for re-branding and enhanced marketing of the industry as interesting and open to change as well as a large untapped potential in the talent pool of women in the working population. The study has been performed through a literature review of current research and an interview study. Eighteen women were interviewed about their individual experiences and their views about the industry. The interview guide is partly designed to mirror the inequality regimes set forth by Joan Acker (2006). The results show that there are many underlying processes and structures found in theory that can be indentified in the Swedish real estate industry today, even though much work currently is done in many organizations to change the skewed distribution of men and women, particularly in management positions. Without doubt, there is enormous potential for change in the industry and using the information in this thesis could prove very useful.

This thesis is an explorative analysis of the commercial real estate actors. The behavioral theory has revealed many flaws in the neo classical assumptions. This includes models of rationality and prescribed behaviors. Research suggests both appraisers and investor act in ways that can be seen as irrational. Appraisers amongst other things anchor to figures that are not part of the valuation theory and investor invest on bases that are not fundamentally sound. Both also exhibit biases, such as confirmation bias and loss aversion. If valuation does not reflect the way market participants behave then they fail to give us a correct market value. We use interviews to try and understand how appraisers try to reflect the market and to understand how investors and other market actors value properties by comparing their use of the DCF-method. Our results suggest that there are many technical differences between how methods are used by different actors and that appraisers have a too close connection with the market actors.