Spain. According to data from the real estate consultancy JLL, the first nine months of 2015 left a volume of investment in the retail sector of 2,588 million euros (US $ 2,940 million), which is equivalent to 42% more than in the same period of the previous year.
In addition, the consultancy estimates that the figure of investment in retail for all of 2015 exceeds 3,000 million euros (US $ 3,400), although it is still early to predict if it will be possible to exceed the volume reached in all of 2014, when 3,344 million euros were invested in this sector.
Throughout these three quarters, a total of 486 assets have been acquired in 46 different operations, but the 'average ticket' varies considerably depending on the type of asset on which the focus is placed.
In this sense, on average the investment in prime shopping centers and parks has been 178 million euros, followed by commercial premises, with an 'average ticket' of 35 million; non-prime shopping centers and parks (33 million of average investment); supermarkets and medium-sized stores (4 million) and sale & leaseback operations (1 million euros).
As for the type of assets acquired, the star product is undoubtedly still shopping centers, which account for 52% of the investment volume so far this year.
