San Francisco fell a few slots at the global level to sixth place this year, according to a C&W report.
SAN FRANCISCO—Despite geopolitical uncertainty and a slowing in the economic cycle, investment in the global property market had a significant increase of 18% year-on-year to a new record high of $1.8tn, from 2017's $1.5tn. This finding is according to a report from Cushman & Wakefield titled Winning in Growth Cities.
The report, which also drew upon sales data supplied by Real Capital Analytics, spanned the 12 months from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018 (or third quarter 2017 through second quarter 2018). The report also ranked the top investment markets in the world during this period in the following order: New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Tokyo, Dallas and Chicago.
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
