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The Wheels Keep on Turning

Facing continued slow and steady growth in US GDP, heightened global uncertainty and lower yield expectations, institutions don't anticipate tapping the brakes on investment any time soon.

By Sule Aygoren | suleaygoren | Updated on January 29, 2016

2016 Capital Markets Symposium Participants in the 2016 Capital Markets Symposium (back row) Richard Coppola, Brian Watkins; (center row) Tuba Malinowski, Paul Boneham, Doug Schwartz; (front row) Steve Pumper, Michael Desiato, Cristen Conkling.

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When it comes to commercial real estate, everybody wants in. Deal velocity and pricing were up across the board in 2015, pointing to an increasingly competitive sales environment. A portion of the deal volume stemmed from cross-border capital flow that exceeded the levels seen in 2007—and resulted in a handful of enormous portfolio or entity-level acquisitions—but domestic buyers were out in force, as well. Partly on account of a broadening economic recovery that opened up opportunities beyond the gateway cities and partly on account of the search for yield, investors increasingly ventured into secondary and tertiary markets.

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