According to new research by property consultant CBRE, following a pandemic-induced lull, cross-regional global capital flows to the Asia-Pacific region (APAC), North America and Europe jumped 60% year-over-year in H2 2021 to a record $77.5 billion.
Expectations for new buildings - from amenities to environmental footprint - have increased significantly in recent years, reports global property consultant JLL. Sustainability continues to move up the corporate priority list and investors are rethinking value, making the threat of a "brown discount" more real than ever.
According to global property consultant CBRE, with vaccinations ramping up and economies reopening worldwide, global commercial real estate investment volume grew by 98% year-over-year to $260.4 billion in Q2 2021.
€1.5 billion of investment deals have traded in Q2 of 2021. This is a particularly strong quarter, and combined with Q1, indicates that €2.7 billion has traded in the first 6 months of the year.