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• RICS appoints first female president

  3Invest Media July 13, 2014

  

  Louise Brooke-Smith becomes President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Louise is the first female President in the Institution’s 146 year history. She will give her inaugural speech tomorrow (1 July) during RICS’ Governing Council meeting in London. Alongside her presidency of RICS, Louise will continue to be involved with the Birmingham based planning and development consultancy, Brooke... Read more »

• Cautious Investments May Slow down Real Estate Activities

  3Invest Media July 7, 2014

  

  Real estate activities may slow in the second half of 2014 as investors adopt cautious investment strategies, a report has stated. This according to the report will also be driven by the volatile political environment. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Mr. Bismarck Rewane stated this in his latest monthly economic news and views presented at the... Read more »

• A Million units required per annum to close Nigeria’s Housing deficit – Eyakenyi

  3Invest Media June 2, 2014

  

  With a population of over 167 million people, Nigeria remained one of the most rapidly urbanising countries in Africa, with rising housing needs. An investment of at least N48.8tn ($300bn) is required over the next 30 years for housing construction costs alone in the country, the Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mrs. Akon Eyakenyi, has said. Eyakenyi stated... Read more »

• I was advised to cancel the show, Real Estate On Air turns 3

  3Invest Media April 8, 2014

  

  The principal sources of information in Nigeria are TV and radio according to the 2011 survey on Middle Class Nigerians by Renaissance Capital. Over 120 million Nigerians own more than 200 million radios and, contrary to the predictions of doom; radio still fills a strategic advertising role for businesses both large and small scale. Commemorating its 3rd year Anniversary and heading to its... Read more »

• ‘We are bullish in tracking opportunities in the market’ – Actis

  3Invest Media March 31, 2014

  

  The retail and office space markets are, understandably, flourishing in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Nigeria, and as demand in this market continues to come from increasingly sophisticated consumers and international retailers, the need for products of international standards becomes imperative. FUNKE OKUBADEJO, a director in Real Estate at Actis – a private equity manager that prides itself with ‘power of capital’... Read more »

• Meet the Nigerian Real Estate Guru Leading New york Housing Authority

  3Invest Media February 11, 2014

  

  Mayor Bill de Blasio filled four leadership positions throughout his housing agencies on Saturday, putting in place the team he said would help fulfill his goal of significantly expanding New York City’s affordable housing stock. The mayor appointed Shola Olatoye, a former executive of a nonprofit organization that invests in affordable housing, as chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority, an agency that... Read more »

• Man of the Moment | Mr Sonnie Ayere

  3Invest Media January 20, 2014

  

  Task manger | Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company PLC Institution: Group Managing Director / CEO Dunn Loren Merrifield Sonnie Ayere has over 20 years of in-depth corporate and structured finance, corporate banking and asset management experience working with the following institutions in London – HSBC London, NatWest Bank, The Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, Bank of Montreal – Nesbitt Burns; the International Finance... Read more »

• 2013 Man of the Year – Mr Hakeem Ogunniran | UPDC PLC

  3Invest Media December 11, 2013

  

  3INVESTONLINE – With the Completion of Metro Garden Lekki, Cameron Green Ikoyi, Metro City Abuja, a Successful REIT, launch of Festival Mall, Real Estate Unite Developer of the year and Real Estate Person of the year, Mr Ogunniran is 3Investonline’s Man of the year.   Mr. Hakeem Bamidele Ogunniran has been Managing Director of UACN Property Development Company Plc. He is... Read more »

• Remembering MANDELA

  3Invest Media December 10, 2013

  

  Who has’nt heard of his story and his walk to freedom. The first black president in South Africa in a nation that had apartheid.  Let’s see where it all began. Nelson Mandela is one of the world’s most revered statesmen, who led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa with a multi-racial democracy. Jailed for 27 years, he... Read more »

• Look who’s trending | Femi Akintunde

  3Invest Media November 19, 2013

  

  Femi Akintunde,  Managing Director, AM Facilities, Entrepreneur of the year  It has been a hugely successful year for Mr Akintunde emerging the EY entrepreneur of the year and winning the Best Support Service Award at Real Estate Unite 2013, he has become the most talked about person in the real estate sector. Mr Akintunde is an Industrial Engineering Graduate with... Read more »