The prices for commercial property rented out on a long-term basis are rising considerably in Austria at the moment. Recent forecasts expect a similar tendency during 2011, but with even higher rises in the years afterwards. For this reason, it seems to be now more opportune than ever to invest in this segment. The perspectives for office buildings and trade malls are described in the following article.

Recent Chinese building construction and property developments are so impressive that many international observers seem to almost overlook the enormous civil engineering efforts of the country. But as the country’s infrastructure has to keep pace both with the rapid modernization of the economy and the growing population, subsidies for urban infrastructure alone that have been announced for 2011 to 2015 are worth about 770 billion euro. Apart from urban infrastructures, huge investments in airports, high-speed railway tracks, and power supplies are also on the dragon’s agenda.

Manufacturers, construction firms and installers in France may have an attractive decade a head: having passed a second environmental law in the summer of 2010, France intends to considerably enlarge investments in energy efficiency. With investors from abroad already at hand, the dynamic growth of the market has already begun and seems far from having come to its limits. More information is given below.

According to recent forecasts for 2011, the European construction volume will remain on its 2010 level, market recovery being expected until 2013. But this recovery will not be found in all construction sectors equally: Having proven most robust until now, civil engineering will have to face major structural changes. In building construction, improvement will stride on differently in the two subsectors. Forecasts for the different construction sectors of Europe can be found here.

The roofing materials market in Poland is past its worst and the forthcoming years will see growth up to 10 per cent annually, according to current forecasts. In view of developers’ growing activity, both in the residential and commercial construction market, prospects for the segment of flats roofs are slightly more promising as compared with the pitched roofs sector. In particular, top-shelf products will gain significance in the coming years.