European commercial real estate investment volumes forecast to reach €230bn in 2019

European commercial real estate investment volumes are forecast to reach €230bn by the end of the year, which would mean that more than €200bn will have been invested in European commercial property for the sixth consecutive year, according to Savills. The company notes that this is unprecedented in the history of the European investment market and underlines the continent’s status as a safe haven for investment. While Germany, the UK and France will continue to attract the lion’s share of investment, Poland (+46 percent growth y-o-y in 2018), Denmark (+38 percent), Finland (+32 percent) and Portugal (+27 percent) are all forecast to significantly see commercial investment volumes exceed their respective five-year averages in 2019. The US, followed by Singapore and South Korea made up the three largest non-European investor groups in 2018 and are forecast to continue to dominate in 2019, according to Savills.