Cross-border U.S. acquisitions increase 73% in 2018

Cross-border acquisitions of U.S. commercial real estate surged to $94.9 billion last year, increasing 73 percent over the $55.3 billion reported in 2017, according to Real Capital Analytics.

Canadian investors put $47.9 billion into U.S. commercial real estate deals, a full 50 percent of total cross-border volume for the year.

Cross-border acquisitions represented 17 percent of total U.S. deal activity in 2018. France was the second largest source of cross-border capital in the year.

Singapore was the number three source. Chinese investors were the fourth largest investment group, down from number three in 2017 and number one in 2016.