An assessment of property investment vehicles with particular reference to German funds

Journal of Property Investment & Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 430-444

  Berry, Jim ^a   Mcgreal, Stanley ^a   Sieracki, Karen ^b   Sotelo, Ramon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KASPAR Associates   (United Kingdom)

^c Flachenmarkt ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Funding; Germany; Property investment; REIT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986139347     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635789910294868     Document Type: Review

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