Ever-more people move into cities, and as the urbanisation trend continues, it is projected that hundreds of trillions of dollars will be needed for investment in urban infrastructure in upcoming decades. Where will all the money come from? Well, as we have written about previously on this blog, in general the lack of investable projects … Continue reading The Future of Cities Depends on Innovative Financing
Category: Project finance
Multimodal Transport and Railway Systems – An Overview
Dear readers, a few months ago we have started a series of articles about multimodal transport and railway systems with a post about King´s Cross station in London. Since then we have published seven more articles, and today we finish the series with this summary overview. The articles in the series are dedicated to analysing … Continue reading Multimodal Transport and Railway Systems – An Overview
Multimodal Transport and Railway Systems – Arlanda Express
Arlanda Express is a public-private partnership purpose built rail link between Stockholm Central Station and Arlanda Airport in Sweden. It takes 20 minutes to travel the 39 kilometre line. Plans for an airport rail link from the central business district of Stockholm and the airport was launched in the early 1980s and Arlanda Express was… Continue reading Multimodal Transport and Railway Systems – Arlanda Express
Innovative Sustainable Re-development – Hudson Yards
With this article, we publish a case study on the Hudson Yards redevelopment project in New York, an innovative transformation project in which the harbour area is being transformed into a pedestrian-friendly, vibrant, transit-oriented mixed-use district. Hudson Yards is the area of Manhattan, which is bordered by West 43rd and 43nd Streets, 8th and 7th… Continue reading Innovative Sustainable Re-development – Hudson Yards
Power for Africa
Africa’s power sector is facing many challenges, mainly due to insufficient generation capacity which has limited electricity supply, resulting in low access and frequent power failures. The main obstacle to the increase in electricity generation capacity is the high investment cost of developing power generation plants. Many such initiatives fail already in a reluctance to… Continue reading Power for Africa
Croatia – Update on EU OPs and project funding calls
Today, 50 consultancy firms and about 70 other companies were invited to a EU information event that was organised by the Croatian Chamber of Commerce in Zagreb. It was an occasion to follow the news on how the EU Finances are going to be used in the next financial period, more specifically in 2015 within… Continue reading Croatia – Update on EU OPs and project funding calls
Place Excellence in the Age of Globalisation and Austerity
“..because the execution of an idea is always more important than the brilliance of the thought..” – Executing Your Strategy – by Morgan, Levitt & Maleck – Harvard Business Publishing During the last few decades, the challenges to manage cities and towns has become increasingly more complex. Today we live in a time that for… Continue reading Place Excellence in the Age of Globalisation and Austerity
Cost-Benefit Analysis
In Bearing, we often work with preparing and planning for large projects. When we work with public sector initiatives for projects, especially in the EU, then cost-benefit analysis is a keystone in any feasibility study. Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) is a systematic process for calculating and comparing the benefits and costs of a project for two… Continue reading Cost-Benefit Analysis
MIPIM – Real Estate Heaven in Cannes
During MIPIM, an overall impressive international property event hosted in Cannes for the 25th consecutive year last week, what struck me the most was a statement by one of Bearing’s partners who works with real estate development since the mid 80s. This sole event, he said, is enough to provide him with a year’s worth… Continue reading MIPIM – Real Estate Heaven in Cannes
Revival of Project Finance
In recent years, we have seen only limited issuance of project finance capital market debt in EMEA, with the vast majority of infrastructure funding requirements being met by bank lending. This is primarily due to the failure of the business model, whereby insurers provided a strong investment-grade guarantee to bonds issued by projects. Investors typically… Continue reading Revival of Project Finance