What are the most popular locations for commercial real estate investments?

Miami is a shining example of a gateway city. It is a melting pot of finance, technology companies, and international trade. With a strategic location in the southern United States and a gateway to Latin America it has a proven tract record for urban development of multifamily properties catering to a diverse and growing population. There is a high barrier to entry and tremendous demand which creates prestige and value for ownership over long term holding periods.

Hospitality properties in Los Angelesare in demand and short supplied. Occupancy rate has surpassed pre-pandemic and growing.

San Diego and Miami are the two leaders on each coast. They both are international cities. However the weather is better on the West Coast.

Tourism is the impetus behind much of the unnoticed future growth and if using AI to pick-up data as to whom visits an area is critical -Lafayette,Louisiana is a prime example of parlaying this dynamic .

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Don’t forget Nashville, Charlotte, Charleston, Raleigh, Knoxville and Savannah. Lots of growth in the Sunbelt overall. It's a great place to get in if you haven’t already, as the population growth trend doesn’t show many preliminary signs of stopping anytime soon.

Our multifamily investor clients have heavily focused on the Sunbelt cities for the past 5+ years due the increasing population growth. The main focus is on the demographic trends with the migration and overall growth of those economies. Alternatively some groups will refer to it as the Southern Smile...imagine you drew a u-shape along the southern portion of a US map and that sums up their target markets pretty quickly. In some instances they might exclude California and in that case they might refer to their target markets as the Southern Smirk.

The continued and rapid growth in the US Sunbelt has been driven by many factors including an exodus from high-to low-tax states. The demographic shifts and migrations are strong indicators of future performance. The region is expected to hold more than 55% of the national population by 2030. The Sunbelt population growth outperformance should bode well for multifamily properties with Texas and Florida leading the way. Follow the people and follow the money.

Continued in-migration from gateway cities as people flock to affordability will drive population and therefore CRE growth. Better political climates (for real estate development specifically) will allow RE investors to capitalize.

India and Nigeria are going to be 2 of the top real estate markets in the coming decades. This applies to all categories in this question: any area with growth (either in total population or wealth per capita) is a good place to invest in real estate.

I would say that this is a moving target. My opinion is that in general, the majority of investors (or perhaps more accurately, investment funds) are following the highest cap rates. These rates are always changing and adjusting to the market. The best location to find these investments will depend on the asset class. Hospitality properties will likely be best in resort areas, vacation areas and business centers. Multifamily properties will likely be best in areas with large population growth and insufficient housing. Some of this can be predicted by paying attention to macro trends. How demographics are changing, how business is changing, how regulations are changing, and so on.

There can be a significant difference in the way a large institutional investor approaches an investment compared to an individual investor. For an individual investor, there is (almost) always a price where there is a profit margin and viable business plan. Most smaller investors focus close to leverage their personal network and resources while keeping costs down. Larger investors have a far more sophisticated matrix when it comes to geographic allocation. Political, social, corporate capacity, risk exposure, diversification limits, leverage, short and long term strategic portfolio allocations all factor in.