DLA Piper Survey Cites Capital Looking to Invest in Real Estate as Reason for Optimism

The DLA Piper annual survey of real estate executives cites the availability of capital looking to invest in commercial real estate as a reason for optimism in the current environment.

Speaking on the REIT Report, John Sullivan, U.S. chair and global co-chair of DLA Piper’s real estate practice, said “the fact that there are folks out there with money to invest—and actually we’re seeing some increases now in investment—is a reason for some optimism.”

The survey showed 58% of respondents citing an abundance of available investment capital as the top reason for an optimistic economic outlook, an increase of 15 percentage points from the 2019 survey. Sullivan pointed to recent estimates of around $400 billion in available institutional capital looking to invest in commercial real estate.