Qatar to Be 'Powerhouse' of Property Investment, LaSalle Says

Wealth funds of gas-rich Qatar are likely to make further global real estate investments as prices in countries such as Germany decline, Jones Lang LaSalle said in a report today.

The funds "are likely to be emerging as the new powerhouse in terms of global real estate capital flows in 2010," Fadi Moussalli, regional director at Jones Lang LaSalle MENA said in the e-mailed report.

"Cash-rich and with a strong appetite for splashy overseas assets, Qatari vehicles have lately outshined their counterparts from the region and are projected to carry on with their rapid expansion across the real estate world," Moussalli said.