The coronavirus outbreak and consequent lockdown responses have led to a secular realisation that some asset classes are somewhat more resilient, and others less so. Although immediate losers, such as hotels and prime retail, are being flagged out rather directly, the permanence of the gainers has yet to be truly tested, as the crisis continues to unfold with no clear end in sight.

Between March and August, we’ve organised and facilitated 55 different virtual roundtable meetings for 414 different participants, including 181 investors and 132 representatives from the companies that sponsor our publications.

The pandemic did not appear to have any ill effects on the real estate fundraising total registered during the second quarter. Instead, 28 funds reported final closings during the quarter, raising US$40.2 billion, according to Institutional Real Estate, Inc’s FundTracker database.

JLL says economic uncertainty resulting from COVID-19 is creating challenges when deploying capital, prompting investors to reimagine Asia Pacific strategies to focus on core geographies and further accelerate pre-COVID trends.

In June 2020, the total supply of co-working space in the Seoul office market reached 578,700 square metres, a six-fold increase compared with 2016, according to Savills’ Korea Co-Working Market Post-COVID report.