In a Global Capital Markets Research Report, JLL noted that there had been a notable increase in portfolio tranactions globally through 1H15: many of these had involved foreign capital. Recent portfolio deals have focused on the retail and hotel sectors. In 2Q15, for instance, noteworthy portfolio deals included the USD2.5bn purchase of the Maybourne hotel portfolio by the UAE’s Constellation Hospitality LLC and the USD2.4bn purchase of a hotel portfolio centred on Hong Kong by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).

Source : August 2015/JLL/London/HOT