China Leads $4.2 Trillion of Asia-Pacific Property Investments

China led a jump in investment in Asia-Pacific commercial properties to $4.2 trillion in 2012 as economic growth drove up capital values and supported new construction, according to London-based broker DTZ.

Investors bought $300 billion of commercial property across the Asia-Pacific region, an 8 percent increase from 2011 in U.S. dollar terms, a report by DTZ showed today. China overtook Japan to become the region’s largest market with $1.5 trillion of investments, up from $1.3 trillion in 2011, DTZ said.