| Retail property was the best performing commercial real estate sector in Europe in 2011, according to CBRE’s European Valuation Monitor (EVM), which is based on regular valuations of standing investment portfolios carried out by CBRE’s international and national valuation teams.
Despite a slight contraction in capital values in the final quarter of 2011 (-0.2%), retail real estate delivered a 1.5% increase in capital values for the full year. This is the 10th time since the peak of the market (16 quarters in total) that retail has outperformed other sectors at the pan-European level...............................................Full Article: Source
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