Survey: Net Buyers Will Rule in Americas This Year

Los Angeles is once again the top destination for CRE investors, domestic and foreign, in the Americas. (Photo: Todd Jones)

LOS ANGELES—With Europeans leading the way, 67% of investors in Americas commercial real estate intend to be net buyers this year. That’s among the key findings of the CBRE Americas Investor Intentions Survey 2017, issued Tuesday.

Although they may comprise a comparatively small percentage of investors overall, institutions make up for it in sheer scale. Fifty-four percent of institutions—including insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds—intend to deploy more than $1 billion of capital in ’17, CBRE says. That includes 21% that plan to spend between $2 billion and $5 billion in the Americas; 19% that plan to deploy between $1 billion and $2 billion; and 14% that intend to invest more than $5 billion.