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The Tampa Bay Business Journal reports the following on 01/14/08:
A weak dollar and desire to diversify portfolios is drawing foreign investors to the U.S. commercial real estate market.
During 2007, foreign investors pumped more than $45 billion into office, retail, industrial, multifamily and hotel properties nationwide, nearly double the sum of 2006, according to data from New York-based Real Capital Analytics. In the Bay area, foreign investment reached $1.1 billion last year.
"The decline of the dollar as much as it has gives a great advantage to foreign investors," said Larry Richey, senior managing director of Cushman & Wakefield's Tampa office.
Nearly $14 billion of foreign investment nationwide went into office buildings.
Ocala.com reports on January 20, 2008:
Overseas Investors Buy U.S. Holdings at a Record Pace
Last May, a Saudi Arabian conglomerate bought a Massachusetts plastics maker. In November, a French company established a new factory in Adrian, Mich., adding 189 automotive jobs to an area accustomed to layoffs. In December, a British company bought a New Jersey maker of cough syrup.
For much of the world, the United States is now on sale at discount prices. With credit tight, unemployment growing and worries mounting about a potential recession, American business and government leaders are courting foreign money to keep the economy growing. Foreign investors are buying aggressively, taking advantage of American duress and a weak dollar to snap up what many see as bargains, while making inroads to the worlds largest market.
Last year, foreign investors poured a record $414 billion into securing stakes in American companies, factories and other properties through private deals and purchases of publicly traded stock, according to Thomson Financial, a research firm. That was up 90 percent from the previous year and more than double the average for the last decade. It amounted to more than one-fourth of all announced deals for the year, Thomson said.
During the first two weeks of this year, foreign businesses agreed to invest another $22.6 billion for stakes in American companies more than half the value of all announced deals. If a recession now unfolds and the dollar drops further, the pace could accelerate, economists say.
