Investment in European retail premises in Q3 2024: Selectivity is still the wachtword but the occupier outlook is encouraging
As European commercial real estate markets adjust, the different asset categories are following diverging trajectories: retail is still in third place, accounting for around 20% of overall investment (vs. 14% at the end of the Covid crisis in late 2021), behind logistics assets, which remain popular, and offices, which are still struggling. Indeed, for the first time, investment in offices and logistics is neck and neck, with each accounting for 25% of overall investment over the last 12 months. After retail premises come hotels, which have flourished on the back of keener investor interest; investment in the category has surged by 40% year-on-year and they now account for 12% of allocations.