Worldwide commercial real estate investment volumes increased by 10% in the fourth quarter of 2019, to $245 billion.
This brought full-year activity to $800 billion, up 4% from the elevated levels seen in 2018, making 2019 the strongest year for commercial real estate investment on record.
The biggest recipient of foreign investment in the industrial sector continued to be the U.S., which received 47% of all cross-border capital flows into the sector in 2019.
Click here to read the full article: Strongest year for commercial investment (World Property Journal, Feb. 21, 2020)