| Investment in European logistics and industrial assets rose to €2.9 billion in the final quarter of 2012, reflecting a 41% increase on the previous quarter according to Jones Lang LaSalle research. Surging investment activity lifted the year’s total to €8.6 billion. This still reflects a 13% decline on 2011 but the overall slowdown remained below a previously expected 20%+ drop, thus exceeding expectations for the full-year 2012.
"The strong final quarter reflected the increasing investor appetite we witnessed throughout 2012 in the sector. The overall slowdown in transaction activity during 2012 was driven largely by an uneven spread in liquidity across the region, with falls across much of Southern Europe but strong growth in sought after core markets such as France, Germany and Poland." comments Tom Waite, Associate Director European Capital Markets in Jones Lang LaSalle...............................................Full Article: Source
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