{"id":1004133656,"date":"2015-12-16T11:06:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T19:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004133656"},"modified":"2022-12-08T09:14:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T17:14:19","slug":"investment-column-robust-foreign-investment-heads-to-the-sunbelt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/investment-column-robust-foreign-investment-heads-to-the-sunbelt\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment Column: Robust Foreign Capital Heads to the Sunbelt"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Steve Pumper, Executive Managing Partner, Transwestern<\/p>\n

\"Pumper,<\/a>The investment market for U.S. commercial real estate has picked up in all categories this year, and that momentum should continue into next year. Foreign investors still see the U.S. as a safe haven for capital, meaning we should expect another wave of international capital flowing into the U.S. commercial real estate market in 2016. Specifically, enduring global unrest in the Middle East and Europe will prompt an inflow of international capital to trophy assets in core markets as the U.S. continues to outperform other countries in terms of GDP\u00a0growth and solid business fundamentals. We will therefore remain pursued by the countries we\u2019ve seen before, but with more capital from Japanese investors due to changes in their investment parameters.<\/p>\n

All of these factors will combine to generate investment transaction volume in 2016 that\u2019s in line with the volume of 2015, which is headed for an all-time high, surpassing 2007 levels.<\/p>\n

All the major product types saw an increased year-over-year investment volume in 2015 (as of Oct. 31):<\/p>\n