Office

Investors demand substantially more compensation for taking liquidity risk in office markets than they do in industrial, writes Tom Leahy, head of EMEA real assets research at MSCI.

Global fund managers continue to steer clear of new investment in China, focusing instead on finding ways to dispose of existing assets.

While office has long been the favored sector in India, rapid economic growth is driving significant flows into other asset classes.

Leveraging the global real estate footprint of its principal client bpfBOUW, the Dutch firm is for the first time offering international mandates to other institutions.

As growing investor appetite coincides with a unique buying opportunity, medical outpatient buildings are emerging as an increasingly viable institutional property investment.

As the group evolves from pure development to asset-light investment management, it is preparing to open its development pipeline to outside investors.

Investor appetite for prime assets is intensifying, but a stubborn bid-ask gap is challenging the notion that scarcity alone will command a premium, writes JC Russell.

The PERE roundtable assesses how political volatility, shifting capital flows and higher financing costs are changing the outlook for UK real estate – and where value can still be found.

Asia-Pacific’s leading premium integrated commercial properties located in the region’s gateway CBDs are supported by structural supply constraints and resilient occupier demand, says Hongkong Land’s Michael Smith.

Boosting returns and scale at the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is no easy feat. But the property boss is up to the task.