2014 – the year of commercial real estate

Nearly 1 trillion USD will be invested in 2014 in commercial real estate.

This is 8.4% more in comparison with the previous year, reported the consultancy company Cushman & Wakefield. Compared to the investments made in 2007, the increase is with 10%-15%.

North and South America will be the leaders in the growth of investment in the segment. There is expected an increase from 18% to 20% compared to 2013.

In Europe it would be within 13%-15%, the smallest will be in the Asia Pacific region – 5%-7%.
"The activity of entrepreneurs is related to the fact that most of them believe in the recovery of the economy at the global level, and not just the individual markets," reported analysts of Cushman & Wakefield.

“There are expectations the foreign investors to be invigorated in 2014. We have stabilisation and potential rise in rents in class "A", office buildings, shopping centers with top international brands and higher investor confidence globally. These are the reasons to watch more optimistically to the next few quarters, "said Michaela Lashova, executive director of Forton.

Even in the early days of 2014 we can see that investors are invigorated. It is unusual for the beginning of the year, but it is in line with the expectations of more deals compared to 2013.