‘New World Cities’ Taking Centre Stage in Global Real Estate Investment Market

JLL | March 4, 2016

JLL's latest Real Estate Investment Intensity Index LONDON, March 4 2016 - The latest JLL Investment Intensity Index, which measures the volume of direct commercial real estate investment in a city relative to the city's economic size, reveals the increasing attractiveness of 'New World Cities' to investors. The world's most globalised metropolitan economies continue to account for a significant portion of global transactions, with the top 10 cities for transaction volumes accounting for nearly 30 percent of global investment over the last three years. However, over the past 10 years a core set of 32 New World Cities has steadily increa...