Now is the time to buy commercial property, says this veteran analyst

Investors should be pouring money into well-located offices, shops, hotels and hospitals – not just housing – because property values are going to surge across the board, said veteran real estate analyst Sameer Chopra.

Calling himself “probably the most optimistic human being in Australia”, Mr Chopra, who is head of research at CBRE (and before that at Merrill Lynch), said it was an “amazing time to buy real estate”.