Global Direct Real Estate Investment Volumes Constrained by Product Availability in Third Quarter 2010

Full-year volumes projected to reach up to $290 billion of investment trades globallyCHICAGO, LONDON, SINGAPORE, 22nd October, 2010 – New research from Jones Lang LaSalle reveals that preliminary global direct commercial real estate investment volumes totalled US$69 billion in the third quarter of 2010.  This level is similar to the second quarter of 2010 and indicates that the recovery in investment activity seen in the previous four quarters has levelled off.  Direct commercial real estate investment volumes in the first three quarters of this year have reached US$202 billion compared to