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In August, the Property Council of Australia (PCA) released data showing that the Melbourne CBD vacancy rate was just 3.6% as at 1 July 2018. This represents the lowest vacancy rate since July 2008. The rate also beat the expectations of survey respondents from a year ago‡ , where a vacancy rate of 6% was expected for Q3 2018.

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OPPORTUNISTIC REAL ESTATE: HIGH RISK, HIGH RETURN

With appetite for higher-risk strategies increasing in the search for high returns, opportunistic private real estate funds are of growing interest to investors. We take a look at the risk/return profile associated with the strategy. Access the article to find out more on page 2.

REAL ESTATE INVESTOR UPDATE...

The GPR/APREA AsiaPac Performance Snapshot tracks the dynamics of listed real estate securities (including REITs) across 12 AsiaPac countries/regions and eight sectors, over multiple time horizons.

• The AsiaPac equities asset class was the top total return performer in September 2018 and on a three-year basis.
• REITs were the strongest performing asset class over a one year, 5-year and 10-year horizon.