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By: Louis Johner, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract
We assess the benefits of diversifying a portfolio of commercial real estate assets across gateway and non-gateway markets, a topic of significant relevance to institutional investors. Using simulation analysis and property-level data for the U.S., we compare various performance metrics for portfolios containing buildings in gateway markets only, both in gateway and non-gateway markets, and in non-gat