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Cross-Border Buyers Flock to US Industrial

Since 2010, when just 1.9% of the sector's deal volume came from overseas, “investor perceptions of industrial assets have changed considerably,” says CBRE's Jack Fraker.

By Paul Bubny | paulbubny | Updated on October 18, 2017

Photo of Jack Fraker Fraker: “Logistics will continue to evolve, driven by changing consumer demands and e-commerce growth.”

LOS ANGELES–Cross-border investment in US industrial real estate has increased by an average of 67% annually since 2010, says CBRE. Nearly half the $61 billion spent by foreign investors on industrial properties during that time has come from the Asia Pacific region, with notable examples including GLP and Mitsubishi Real Estate.

As cross-border investing has gone up in absolute terms over the past seven years, so has its share of the total industrial investment pie. Year to date, it stands at 14.5%, excluding large-entity deals, compared to 1.9% for all of ’10.

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