2024 Real Estate Top 150 ranking: 7
Nuveen Real Estate argues that ignoring structural trends could undermine a cyclical value-add real estate strategy. The firm outlines a different approach, highlighting some of the opportunities in the logistics, office, retail and living sectors.
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Following two years of cumulative losses, global real estate returns turned positive in the second quarter, suggesting a budding recovery in the asset class. In the era of low interest rates, real estate values were flying high. Globally, quarterly total returns reached 5.0% in Q4 of 2021 and 17.8% year-over-year in the subsequent quarter, according to the MSCI Global Quarterly Property Index – figures that were well above long-term averages. The tightening cycle that followed more than unwound those gains, with values now back to 2018 levels.
While market turbulence will likely continue in 2024, we believe select real estate opportunities will continue to present compelling investment opportunities. Real estate portfolios that allocate to alternative property types and are focused on large-scale trends could benefit from enhanced diversification and superior resiliency.
Demand for real assets is underpinned by megatrends which persist throughout market cycles, allowing investors to develop forward-looking investment strategies with confidence. These long-term, structural changes increasingly drive the demand and supply of real assets – natural capital, real estate and infrastructure.
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