U.S. real estate developer and investor Greystar has attracted US$450 million for its China-focused rental housing fund

Major funds are continuing to shift investment efforts toward commercial real estate markets.

The offer of residency remains far from a one-size-fits-all answer to encourage direct real estate investment.

India will see three times more new retail real estate this year than 2018.

M&A activity is growing across Asia Pacific’s real estate market, a sign that institutional investors are continuing to increase their allocations to real estate.

As listed retail funds progress their divestment plans and rationalise their portfolios, opportunistic investors are taking advantage of the changing market.

The level of governmental action needed to meet the Paris emissions targets remains far short, but private actors, including many in the global real estate sector, are taking up the challenge.

The boom in urban populations as well as investment in public transport is pushing companies and investors to explore space outside traditional city centers.

The hotel real estate market is expected to remain healthy in 2019, thanks to strong fundamentals driven by a positive outlook on tourism travels, sustained growth forecasts for hotel operating performance and a record level of dry power for acquisitions. Return on hotel investment is attractive, compared to other asset classes and we expect global hotel investment volumes to hold steady in 2019.

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