Solutions to the five key brownfield valuation problems

Journal of Property Investment & Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-37

  Weber, Bruce R ^a   Adair, Alastair ^b   Mcgreal, Stanley ^b  

^a Market Foresight   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assets valuation; Brownfield sites; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049126167     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780810845145     Document Type: Article

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