Northern Ireland Investment Market Hits Four Year High 

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Investment in Northern Ireland has hit a four year high. Our ITNI bulletin reports that investment volume stood tall at £316.6m in 2021 – the highest since 2017. In terms of transactional activity, deal volume trebled when compared with 2020. In the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, as many employees remain working from home, this was the first year on record that ‘office’ was the dominant asset class in Northern Ireland. Office volume stood at £134m and was bolstered by the sale of Merchant Square in Belfast which was also Northern Ireland’s largest ever office deal. Retail also remains strong, with £107m deployed by investors 2021. Investors into Northern Ireland were more diverse than ever last year with more than one quarter of investment from overseas alone.

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