According to the real estate consultancy, foreign investments into Asia Pacific are at a decade-high, making up 35 per cent of total volumes, mostly driven by private equity funds and large-scale transactions.
“Real estate in Asia Pacific has gained favour in the last year as investors continue to seek high yields and stability amid a climate of geopolitical uncertainty and slowing economic growth. As an increasing amount of capital is being allocated to real estate, we’re seeing more clients making larger-scale investments to expand their portfolios.”
Stuart Crow, CEO, Capital Markets Asia Pacific, JLL.
“Over the next two years, we expect global real estate transaction volumes to stay elevated and Asia Pacific to outperform Europe and the Americas with an outsized portion of global investor interest.”
JLL reveals five key trends that investors should look out for in 2020.
1. Logistics assets are a hot ticket
Investor appetite for logistics continues to pick up, meaning these types of facilities are held tightly. The result is that investors must become more creative in order to access quality assets.
“We’re seeing more investors form joint ventures with major established players. Some are taking partial stakes or even going into public markets. A recent example is Canadian pension fund OMERS’s cornerstone investment in ESR logistics platform when the latter filed to be listed on Hong Kong’s stock exchange,” says Mr Crow.
“Another avenue to accessing quality portfolios has been via the mergers and acquisitions route, with the likes of warehouse operator GLP, Viva industrial REIT and Propertylink REIT among some of the larger platforms to be acquired.”
2. REITS are the next to watch
In 2019, Asia Pacific REITs (Real Estate…
