Investment to drop by 15% this year

The latest data suggest that commercial property investment for the second half of the year is off to a poor start. With investment in the retail and industrial sectors unlikely to keep pace with 2017 levels, we think that annual investment activity will decline to around £54bn this year, from £64bn in 2017.

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