Investor confidence in Asia Pacific real estate remains strong, but heightened competition for assets will emerge as a more considerable challenge for investors in 2022 when deploying capital. According to data and analysis published in JLL’s Investor Sentiment Barometer 2022, 82 percent of investors identified competition for assets as a significant challenge to their investment strategies in 2022.
The majority of investors, nine in 10 respondents surveyed by JLL, expect increased capital deployment toward Asia Pacific real estate in 2022. The same group of investors also recognized the need to diversify deployment strategies to offset intensifying competition for assets. According to JLL’s analysis, many investors plan to diversify across sectors and deploy capital, with assets in the logistics, multifamily, office and alternatives sectors identified as targets. Geographically, investors cited Japan, South Korea and Australia as the top investment geographies.
