Three years after the launch of the first Citco Gateway office centre, all four offices – in Amsterdam, Luxembourg, New York and Singapore – are close to 100% occupancy. This shows the value that asset management firms place on flexibility at a time when profitability is under pressure and globalisation is receding. It also reflects a mix of local and international trends.

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While there is no single source of information regarding the size of the global private real estate market, consensus among research firms, benchmarks and media surveys suggests that the sector contains well over US$3 trillion of assets under management, depending on what is classified as private real estate.