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Investors’ Appetite for Risk Sharpens in 2021

CBRE’s latest Americas Investor Intentions Survey finds investors showing a clear shift in risk tolerance and a preference for secondary markets—especially Austin—this year. As case in point, a record 30% of investors are targeting opportunistic and distressed assets in 2021, up from 16% in 2020. And a larger majority (72%) seek opportunities in one or more alternative asset classes.

“Investors in the Americas appear more aggressive and will accept more risk to achieve higher returns,” said Chris Ludeman, CBRE’s global president of capital markets. “This is likely due to a stable economic environment, supported by government stimulus, and the belief that available capital will remain abundant for the foreseeable future, as well as intense competition among investors.

“While the equity markets have signaled rising inflation expectations, at the time of the survey commercial real estate investors did not appear to be overly concerned in the near term.”

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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