Geographers have started studying residential (housing) and commercial real estate
(offices, retail, leisure) at the intersection of financial and urban geographies to understand …

Part of an ongoing longitudinal study, this article provides evidence on the emerging impacts
of Covid-19 on the demand for, configuration and role of offices in cities, drawing on primary …

This article presents two cases of listed real estate companies that operate in the Ruhr
metropolitan region of Germany. The first is Immeo Wohnen, a subsidiary of the French real …

In the last quarter century, a new form of iconic architecture has appeared throughout the
world's major cities. Typically designed by globe-trotting" starchitects" or by a few large …

The managers of a growing wall of money are continuously searching for investment
opportunities. The financialization literature describes how this mobile capital puts pressure …

The 2008 global financial meltdown has redirected attention to the entwinement of financial
markets and the urban built environment. Against that background, recent works in urban …

Foreign investment in residential real estate–especially by new middle-class and super-rich
investors–is re-emerging as a key political issue in academic, policy and public debates. On …

This paper scrutinises the effects that the financialisation of land has on the land use
planning process. Although finance is increasingly penetrating not only real estate but also …

In this brilliant, very original survey of the politics and meanings of urban landscapes,
leading sociologist Gran Therborn offers a tour of the world's major capital cities, and the …

In this article we attempt to understand the new world geography through its cities by treating
corporate globalization from the perspective of cities insofar as they are central to the global …