Mark Cooper

Urban farming may be a niche business today, but its future growth potential is significant as food security issues increase.

Demand for online shopping, food delivery and pharmaceutical storage is driving demand for cold storage logistics. Real estate investors are taking note.

The quest for niche real estate sectors with a positive story is leading many investors toward life sciences assets, providing space for the growing pharmaceutical research sector.

Investment managers are catching on to the online possibilities of raising high-net-worth capital but tend to focus on debt rather than equity.

Australia and New Zealand are mature, transparent markets attracting overseas interest.

The country has become one of Asia’s relatively few developed real estate markets and a target for core funds.

As Asia-Pacific’s largest economy and its major engine of growth, China is an essential part of global institutional investors’ portfolios.

India’s strong demographics and growth prospects have made it a significant target for some of the world’s largest private real estate investors.

Singapore dominates, but Indonesia and Malaysia deserve a closer look as well.

Hong Kong’s economy has been assailed from all sides in the past 12 months and even its famously resilient real estate market has been under extreme stress.