Sometimes it seems adding value to a real estate portfolio is as simple as dropping capital into a noncore bucket. Unfortunately, unlike money, investment strategies cannot always be taken at face value.
Investors globally are expecting 65 basis points greater return output from their real estate portfolios in 2016 than they expected in 2015, according to the 2016 Institutional Real Estate Trends survey conducted jointly by Institutional Real Estate, Inc. and Kingsley Associates.
This boost is expected at a time when the prices of core buildings are at record highs and after returns from the NCREIF Fund Index – Open-end Diversified Core Equity declined in every quarter of 2015. To achieve the returns investors are expecting, they likely will need to take a more active approach to their real estate investments, putting more emphasis on value-add investment strategies.
This reality has put many investors in a bind. With a palpable concern in the air as