中國領銜美國商業房地產外商投資

It's not just that house in a leafy US subdivision that interests Chinese investors - they may also be intrigued by a storefront in a shopping center, according to new report.

一份最新報告稱，中國投資者感興趣的不只是綠樹成蔭的美國住宅區的房屋，可能還有購物中心的店面。

China was the top country of origin in both the buying and selling of US commercial real estate last year, according to the 2017 Commercial Real Estate InterNational Business Trends report, which was released last Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

美國全國房地產經紀人協會上週二發佈的《2017年商業地產國際交易趨勢》報告顯示，去年，中國是美國商業地產的買家和賣家的最大來源國。

The top countries of origin for buyers were China (17%), Mexico (14%) and the UK and Venezuela (both at 7%), while sellers were typically from China (17%) or Brazil, Canada, France and Mexico (all at 10%).

美國商業地產買家的最大來源國是中國(17%)、墨西哥(14%)和英國及委內瑞拉(均佔7%)；賣家則通常來自中國(17%)或巴西、加拿大、法國及墨西哥(均佔10%)。

"For many global investors - including Chinese buyers - US real estate markets offer portfolio diversification, along with safety of capital and solid yields," said George Ratiu, NAR's director of quantitative and commercial research and the author of the report.

該協會的定量商業研究主任、報告作者喬治·拉齊烏表示：“對於包括中國買家在內的許多國際投資者來說，美國房地產市場同時提供了投資組合多樣化、資本的安全性以及穩定的收益。”

"While top-tier cities like New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles have been attracting investment for a long time, with a shortage of inventory in those markets, many investors have found favorable conditions in mid-tier and small-cap markets."

“雖然像紐約、舊金山和洛杉磯等這樣的一線城市長期以來吸引了大量投資，但由於這些市場缺乏存貨，所以許多投資者反而在中小型市值市場找到了優勢資源。”

In an expanding economy like the US, demand for commercial space increases, which helps to attract Chinese and other foreign buyers, he said.

他表示，在像美國這樣的擴張的經濟體中，商業空間需求增加，這有助於吸引中國買家和其他外國買家。