The Financialisaton of Global Commercial Real Estate Markets
Over the last 30 years institutional investors have come to dominate the real estate investment markets in North America, Europe, Australasia and much of China and SE Asia. But this was not always the case. Prior to the mid-1980s, most real estate investment liquidity was generated domestically from local investors — usually through syndication networks and major real estate families. Insurance companies and side-arms of local banks also invested but almost always directly into specific properties.
