Commercial Real Estate

Commercial real estate is one of the top two assets, along with equities, that wealthy individuals and their investment advisers are targeting for investment this year, according to a study published by property consultancy firm Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank. The study showed that wealthy investors plan to allocate around one-fifth of their investment portfolios to commercial real estate and another...

Commercial real-estate investment volumes in the Asia-Pacific increased by 8 per cent in the third quarter of this year to US$29.6 billion ($38.4 billion), according to DTZ Research. The real-estate research house said that volume growth would remain strong for the remainder of this year - and into next year, with investment predicted to hit US$145 billion next year. That would be a 12-per-cent increase...