CBRE secondary trading volume reaches $2.4b in 2016

CBRE saw its secondary trading volumes in real estate funds reach $2.43 billion in 2016 across its global network, with 187 transactions, a 20 percent increase in secondary market activity.

Keeping track of activity in real estate secondaries is notoriously difficult, so results and totals will vary depending on the source. For example, Landmark Partners’ survey of global real estate secondary activity found 99 closed or under contract real estate secondary transactions totaling $5.01 billion. CBRE’s figures, which reflect only transactions the firm has directly processed, include recapitalizations, joint venture interest sales and core fund interests that would not fit the criteria of some funds of funds.

But there are some consistencies between the reports. Landmark noted the absence of large portfolio tran