Report highlights upturn in European commercial real estate investment

Significant increases in real estate investment turnover in the UK, Germany and Spain in the third quarter of 2009 propelled an upturn in the European commercial real estate investment market, according to the latest data from CB Richard Ellis Group.

European investment activity in Q3 2009 totalled €17.3bn, a 34% increase on Q2 2009 and the highest quarterly result so far this year.