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As China Retreats From Global Property Deals, Korea Fills Void

  • South Korea property acquisitions top $12 billion this year
  • Mirae-Anbang hotels deal highlights shift in capital flows
Spencer Levy of CBRE Group talks about Asian investors’ demand for U.S. commercial real estate.(Source: Bloomberg)
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As China’s once-voracious companies retreat from the global property market, smaller neighbor South Korea is filling the void.

Korean investors splurged almost $6.8 billion on international commercial real estate in the year through August, according to CBRE Group Inc., more than four times the amount spent by Chinese firms.