OPC Reality Global Watch: property capital is crossing borders again
Cross-border commercial-property investment rose 56% to $71.8 billion in the first half of 2026, according to JLL data cited by Reuters. That is a strong starting point for OPC Reality Global Watch.
Europe attracts capital again
European cross-border investment reached $39.9 billion, up 31%. Investors returned to premium offices in major cities including London and Milan, while Asian cross-border investment rose to $19.3 billion.
The price of money matters
Higher borrowing costs could slow the second half. We therefore want to track price, rent, occupancy, financing and operating economics for each location.
OPC Reality
We will compare Opava, Prague, London, New York, LA, Miami and other cities across housing, commercial property, hotels, logistics, data centres and real-world-asset tokenisation. A token is not the same thing as legal property ownership.
OPC PROJECT: OPC Reality is an in-house project. Any future public investment or ownership offer must be separated from editorial coverage and structured appropriately.
Sources
I AM LONDON CITY · by George
