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NEW YORK—Tired of the competition and seeking to betterdiversify portfolios, an increasing number of net lease investorsin the US are going abroad for new opportunities.

One example is Georges Asmar, the president and managingdirector of recently-established LeadCrest Capital Partners, whichhas offices in Paris, Luxembourg, London and New York. Asmar, whohas an extensive background with US firms such as Colony Capitaland W. P. Carey Inc. and attended the Wharton School at theUniversity of Pennsylvania, set up LeadCrest to specifically targetnet lease opportunities in Europe. "There are exciting thingshappening in net lease in Europe right now," he says.

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.