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Euro Poses Risk, But Rewards, Too

NEW YORK CITY-Panelists agreed at the New York European Real Estate Briefing held by Property Investor Europe Magazine that retail is holding steady in the UK, France and Germany, but properties in Eastern Europe are more uncertain.

By Jacqueline Hlavenka | Updated on November 08, 2011

NEW YORK CITY-When AREA Property Partners’ global chief executive officer Lee Niebart asked a small audience of CRE professionals whether they’d invest capital in Europe, only a few lowly hands went up. “That presents a challenge,” Niebart said, during a panel discussion held by Property Investor Europe magazine at DLA Piper’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters on Tuesday morning. “At the end of the day, our business is not to make stupid mistakes,” he added. “We have to be somewhat defensive when nobody raises their hand to invest in Europe that we have to be very, very careful in what we do.”

The panelists discussed the benefits–and risks–of European commercial real estate investment amid economic turbulence and sovereign debt issues. Despite those problems, Robert White, founder & president of New York-based Real Capital Analytics said property sales are performing well in Europe, showing $32.2 billion in investment during the third quarter alone.

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