Even With A New Administration, The Old Days Of Easy Chinese CRE Investment May Be Gone
In the early to mid-2010s, China-based investors flooded the coffers of U.S. commercial real estate. Multiple forces aligned to make the country the No. 1 foreign investor in the U.S. — American real estate was hot, and the countries were fairly friendly as globalization ruled daily political discourse with minimal pushback. A lot has changed since then. Investment from China has plummeted, and the political relationship between the U.S. and China is different. Don't expect a new administration to change all of that. The coronavirus pandemic and its economic aftermath have placed more publ...