White South African farmers have been granted long leases on wide tracts of the sparsely populated northern province of Niassa.
Pacific Andes looks for cheap long leases on its factories, and in China such fixed assets are easy to come by.
It was true of the recent announcement that long leases over roads will be sold to the private sector, to bring private capital into road development.
Prime is an overused word in the industry, but in essence it means the best buildings in the best locations, with good tenants and long leases.
The councils accepted such a move could result in them going to court in the future to defend the status of any ultra long leases the public questioned.
In areas such as Laikipia in central Rift Valley, people who hold long leases issued by the colonial government would have those reviewed and the land could revert to the state.
These come from various sources, mostly land sales (the government auctions long leases), land-use premiums that are negotiated between developers and government, and profits tax from property developers and banks, whose main business is property.
And, as the Bruce Willis inheritance meme showed, most consumers are not aware that their iTunes purchases are actually long term leases.
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When I was running ASIMCO, I wish that I had had the option of entering into long term leases for the new factories that we were building.
Long Term Leases : Purchasing land and constructing a factory and office building can take up a large part of the capital expenditure budget for a new project in China.
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The State of Victoria, which owns the infrastructure, leases the track and signalling to train operators on long-term leases.
It kept costs further in check by flying used aircraft on long-term leases.
He declined to give further details other than to say they were properties with long-term leases and solid lease terms.
And the desire for secure, long-term leases can easily backfire if interest rates rise, which will make yields look much less appealing.
Prudential company officials say they feel good about the leasing prospects, and they don't want to cut rents and sign long-term leases at low values.
Due to the non-cyclical demand for their product and above average costs to relocate, healthcare tenants also prefer long-term leases to make their expenses predictable.
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The company is particularly adept at taking advantage of low property values in its acquisitions, and its ability to bring in first class tenants on long-term leases.
At a time when the industry practice was to sell and not lease, DLF offered long-term leases, which suited companies that didn t want to load assets on their books.
With a solid core of long-term leases that should see it through the downturn, the company has access to cash for future investments that may further enrich FFO.
Best Buy is trying to improve its website by enhancing its online product descriptions and selection, but it faces higher operating costs than its online-only competitors due to the high labor costs and long-term leases of its more than 1, 400 stores.
In the 28 land deals totalling 2.64 million ha covered in a survey carried out last year by Norwegian People Aid1 in what is today largely South Sudan, there were no land sales with transfer of full ownership rights but rather long-term leases of between 30 and 60 years.
Current accounting rules allow retailers that sign certain long-term leases to omit the leased property from their balance sheets. (The basic rule is that omission is acceptable if the lease term is less than 75% of the useful life of the building.) But the Financial Accounting Standards Board may change that next year.
And London is arguably a special case: the city's leases tend to be unusually long, often 25 years, which means that tenants in old offices whose leases are due to expire in the next few years may want to up sticks for a modern building.
Triple-net leases are typically long-term deals signed by retail tenants for free-standing buildings in which the tenants pay most of the expenses.
Additionally, for investors holding properties with long-term, relatively flat leases, rising Treasury rates will diminish the value of the cash flows received eroding their real returns.
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These leases tend to have long-term durations and the internal cash flow growth for these REITs is likely to be lower than those in other sectors.
However, one property expert, Barry Gross of Berwin Leighton Paisner, raised the possibility that some of the 141 stores saved might not have a long-term future if their leases were not viable.
The UK government was attempting to change the rules on who is entitled to claim benefits in the UK, he said, for example by examining claimants' leases to establish how long they planned to stay in the country.
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