Germany is the leading destination market for greenfield construction and real estate FDI, while the US is the top source market. GlobalData’s construction and real estate foreign direct investment (FDI) report highlights the current trends in construction and real estate foreign investments. Buy the report here.
Between 2019 and 2023, the construction and real estate sector was the eighth largest FDI sector in terms of the number of greenfield investments. The construction and real estate sector accounts for 5% of global greenfield FDI projects.
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Greenfield foreign direct investment is when a company invests abroad to establish a new physical presence or expand an existing operation. Greenfield investments create jobs and/or involve a capital investment into the foreign location. Other forms of FDI, such as mergers and acquisitions, are not included as part of this definition.
Combined, the top ten destination countries account for 57.4% of total construction and real estate FDI projects.
The leading destination country for construction and real estate FDI is Germany. The US, Poland and Mexico are also popular construction and real estate investment hubs.
According to GlobalData’s FDI Projects database, Switzerland-based companies were the leading source of greenfield construction and real estate investments into Germany.
With respect to outbound FDI, the US was the leading construction and real estate source market. US-based companies held a 16.8% share of total outbound construction and real estate FDI projects. Switzerland, UK, Japan and Singapore are also top source markets for construction and real estate FDI.
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