Ok, dear student, let start by saying that commercial real state is the property and the Commercial real estate (CRE) is the property, which is used primarily for business purposes. The main investment sectors are CRE market include restaurants, office towers, office parks, gas stations, malls, and convenience stores, to mention just a few. Please, you need to understand here that the CRE will be always among the three majors aspects of real state and the business, which occupy CRE usually rent the space. In addition, another key aspect for you to understand is the fact that Investors usually own the buildings and collect rent from all businesses that operate there. There are four major types of CRE leases, each necessitating distinct responsibility levels from the tenants and landlords.
2. If this fund wishes to allocate $200-400m to this sector, is this sufficient to build a diversified portfolio of commercial buildings?
The fundamentals of building a commercial portfolio are startlingly easy. Working out one’s own style of investment and then making sure that their diversified combination of asset or property classes mirror their own risk-reward trade-off. If the fund wishes to embrace greater levels of risk and would not need the cash for some time, the fund managers should think about tilting their portfolio towards shares. When they only have a limited time horizon for what they want to attain from their venture, they should give more impact to money and bonds. And they should not get very carried away: they should keep the underlying finances in their portfolio cheap and simple, and should not overtrade. As such, the $200-400m allocation would be adequate for building a diversified portfolio of commercial building.
3. Advise the fund on the main advantages and disadvantages of investing in REITs as opposed to buying commercial real