Asian Investors Focus on SoCal

LOS ANGELES—Asian investors are increasingly looking stateside to find a home for their capital, and with lower yield requirements, they are raising the bar on competition for these properties. These investors are particularly interested in hotel properties, so we sat down with Geoffrey Davis, president and senior managing principal at Hospitality Real Estate Counselors, and Michael Blahosky, SVP at HREC, to talk about the influx of Asian investors, where they are finding opportunities and why they are so attracted to the US market.

GlobeSt.com: Why are Asian investors coming to the U.S.? Is this more about our economy or their economies?