{"id":75715,"date":"2026-04-22T17:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/?p=75715"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:09:50","slug":"uol-hosts-professor-franz-fuerst-for-lecture-on-real-estate-health-and-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/uol-hosts-professor-franz-fuerst-for-lecture-on-real-estate-health-and-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"UoL Hosts Professor Franz Fuerst for Lecture on Real Estate, Health and Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.event-uol-wrapper {\n    max-width: 1400px;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n    padding: 20px 20px;\n    font-family: \"Commissioner\", sans-serif;\n    color: #181b21;\n    line-height: 1.7;\n}\n\n.event-uol-wrapper * {\n    box-sizing: border-box;\n}\n\n.event-uol-hero {\n    background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f8f8fb 0%, #ffffff 100%);\n    border: 1px solid #e8e8ef;\n    border-radius: 18px;\n    padding: 40px 30px;\n    margin-bottom: 30px;\n    box-shadow: 0 8px 25px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\n}\n\n.event-uol-label {\n    display: inline-block;\n    background: #614098;\n    color: #fff;\n    font-size: 14px;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    padding: 8px 14px;\n    border-radius: 999px;\n    margin-bottom: 18px;\n}\n\n.event-uol-hero h4 {\n    font-size: 22px;\n    line-height: 1.35;\n    margin: 0 0 25px;\n    color: #614098;\n    font-weight: 700;\n}\n\n.event-uol-intro {\n    font-size: 17px;\n    margin-bottom: 25px;\n}\n\n.event-uol-meta {\n    display: grid;\n    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);\n    gap: 16px;\n    margin-top: 25px;\n}\n\n.event-uol-meta-item {\n    background: #fff;\n    border: 1px solid #ececf3;\n    border-radius: 14px;\n    padding: 18px 22px;\n}\n\n.event-uol-meta-item strong {\n    display: block;\n    font-size: 13px;\n    text-transform: uppercase;\n    letter-spacing: .4px;\n    color: #614098;\n    margin-bottom: 6px;\n}\n\n.event-uol-btn-wrap {\n    margin-top: 20px;\n}\n\n.event-uol-btn {\n    display: inline-block;\n    background: #614098;\n    color: #fff !important;\n    text-decoration: none;\n    padding: 14px 24px;\n    border-radius: 12px;\n    font-weight: 700;\n    transition: all 0.3s ease;\n    margin-right: 12px;\n    margin-bottom: 10px;\n}\n\n.event-uol-btn:hover {\n    background: #F58A1F;\n    color: #fff !important;\n}\n\n.event-uol-grid {\n    display: grid;\n    grid-template-columns: 1.2fr 0.8fr;\n    gap: 26px;\n    margin-bottom: 30px;\n}\n\n.event-uol-card {\n    background: #fff;\n    border: 1px solid #ececf3;\n    border-radius: 18px;\n    padding: 28px;\n    box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.04);\n}\n\n.event-uol-card h4 {\n    font-size: 22px;\n    color: #181b21;\n    margin: 0 0 18px;\n    font-weight: 700;\n}\n\n.event-uol-card p {\n    margin: 0 0 14px;\n}\n\n.event-uol-card a {\n    color: #614098;\n    text-decoration: none;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    word-break: break-word;\n}\n\n.event-uol-card a:hover {\n    color: #F58A1F;\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 900px) {\n    .event-uol-meta,\n    .event-uol-grid {\n        grid-template-columns: 1fr;\n    }\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 768px) {\n    .event-uol-wrapper {\n        padding: 20px 8px;\n    }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"event-uol-wrapper\">\n\n    <section class=\"event-uol-hero\">\n        <div class=\"event-uol-label\">Distinguished Lecture<\/div>\n\n        <h4>University of Limassol (UoL)<\/h4>\n\n        <p class=\"event-uol-intro\">\n            The University of Limassol is pleased to host <strong>Professor Franz Fuerst<\/strong>, Professor of Real Estate &amp; Urban Economics at the University of Cambridge, for a distinguished lecture titled:\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p class=\"event-uol-intro\">\n            <strong>\u201cHealth, Performance and Value: Evidence at Scale for Real Estate and Urban Investment.\u201d<\/strong>\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p class=\"event-uol-intro\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\">\n            The event will take place on <strong>Thursday, 30 April, from 18:30 to 20:00<\/strong>, at the University of Limassol\u2019s <strong>Chaidariou Campus in Limassol<\/strong>.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <div class=\"event-uol-meta\">\n            <div class=\"event-uol-meta-item\">\n                <strong>Date<\/strong>\n                Thursday, 30 April\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"event-uol-meta-item\">\n                <strong>Time<\/strong>\n                18:30 &#8211; 20:00\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"event-uol-meta-item\">\n                <strong>Venue<\/strong>\n                Chaidariou Campus, Limassol\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"event-uol-btn-wrap\">\n            <a class=\"event-uol-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=diGRMwwAAAAJ&#038;hl=en&#038;oi=ao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Academic Profile<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <div class=\"event-uol-grid\">\n        <section class=\"event-uol-card\">\n            <h4>Exploring the Link Between Health, Buildings and Investment<\/h4>\n\n            <p>\n                In this lecture, Professor Fuerst will explore the relationship between <strong>physical health, building performance and investment value<\/strong> in real estate. Drawing on large-scale empirical evidence, the presentation will examine how health-related characteristics of buildings and neighbourhoods are reflected in investment outcomes.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p>\n                The discussion will include findings from research in <strong>US office markets<\/strong>, focusing on the role of healthy building certifications alongside external factors such as air quality, walkability and access to healthcare. The lecture will also extend to the relationship between housing conditions and human health, using data from major studies such as <strong>EPIC-Norfolk<\/strong> and the <strong>UK Biobank<\/strong>.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p>\n                Overall, the session will raise important questions about how markets perceive and price health within the built environment, and what this means for <strong>investment strategy, policy and urban development<\/strong>.\n            <\/p>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section class=\"event-uol-card\">\n            <h4>About the Speaker<\/h4>\n\n            <p>\n                <strong>Professor Franz Fuerst<\/strong> is Professor of Real Estate &amp; Urban Economics at the University of Cambridge. He is also a <strong>J.M. Keynes Fellow<\/strong> and a <strong>Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences<\/strong>.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p>\n                His research focuses on <strong>sustainable real estate, health and well-being in the built environment, and spatial economics<\/strong>. He has authored award-winning studies on environmental and financial performance in international real estate markets and has held visiting positions in Melbourne, Munich and Tokyo.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p>\n                Professor Fuerst currently serves as <strong>Co-Editor of Spatial Economic Analysis<\/strong>, leads multiple research projects, and advises governments, businesses and industry associations.\n            <\/p>\n\n            \n        <\/section>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"max-width: 500px; margin: 30px auto; padding: 25px; background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 2px solid #614098; border-radius: 15px; text-align: center; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n\n  <p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 20px; color: #614098;\">\n    Registrations\n  <\/p>\n\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=LzLhtS40fkq7HnjVDp_XAB1vj3LAeaNKtizKSfCAAC1UOE8xSVlSRzlGMkdCNDg2WFk2QkFaNTlGVC4u\" \n     target=\"_blank\"\n     style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 14px 28px; background-color: #614098; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; border-radius: 8px; transition: all 0.3s ease;\">\n    Fill in the Form\n  <\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\na:hover {\n  background-color: #4e337a !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distinguished Lecture University of Limassol (UoL) The University of Limassol is pleased to host Professor Franz Fuerst, Professor of Real Estate &amp; Urban Economics at the University of Cambridge, for a distinguished lecture titled: \u201cHealth, Performance and Value: Evidence at Scale for Real Estate and Urban Investment.\u201d The event will take place on Thursday, 30 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":75731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"publication_author":[],"publication_year":[],"class_list":["post-75715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-previous-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/newscover-real-estate-event.jpg","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/newscover-real-estate-event.jpg",1200,628,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/newscover-real-estate-event-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/newscover-real-estate-event-300x157.jpg",300,157,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/newscover-real-estate-event-768x402.jpg",768,402,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/newscover-real-estate-event-1024x536.jpg",1024,536,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/newscover-real-estate-event.jpg",1200,628,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/newscover-real-estate-event.jpg",1200,628,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/newscover-real-estate-event-18x9.jpg",18,9,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"p.efstathiou@uol.ac.cy","author_link":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/author\/p-efstathiouuol-ac-cy\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Distinguished Lecture University of Limassol (UoL) The University of Limassol is pleased to host Professor Franz Fuerst, Professor of Real Estate &amp; Urban Economics at the University of Cambridge, for a distinguished lecture titled: \u201cHealth, Performance and Value: Evidence at Scale for Real Estate and Urban Investment.\u201d The event will take place on Thursday, 30&hellip;","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peAODB-jHd","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-16 08:20:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75715"},{"taxonomy":"publication_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_author?post=75715"},{"taxonomy":"publication_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_year?post=75715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}