Infrastructure funds have raised more than $100 billion in the past five years. Although the Great Recession slowed down the pace of fund raising — as well as transaction activity — infrastructure is seeing a resurgence of capital raising and investment opportunities.

Infrastructure has always meant toll roads, bridges, airports and the like. And so, it wasn’t much of a stretch when infrastructure funds started to look at the real estate that begins and ends every road trip — the parking space.

The past two years have been a critical period for the infrastructure asset class. The sector went mainstream as governments worldwide announced financial measures to assist with liquidity directed at infrastructure, highlighting the critical role the sector plays in economic growth and development.