Encouraging results in the retail property market

The European retail property investment market has gained momentum; Following the increasing investment activity in the second half of last year, good results were achieved in the first quarter of this year as well – the JLL announced.

The amount of investments made specifically for the retail real estate, increased by 27 percent to 6.6 billion euros, from the 5.2 billion euros of the same period of the previous year. The growth was 20 percent compared to the first quaterly average of the 2009-2013 period.

Geographically, the majority of the investment activity – 63 percent of the total volume – continues to be concentrated to the large, liquid markets of the United Kingdom and Germany. (retailmonitor, realista.hu)