According to a global survey, New York is ranked the No. 1 city for foreign real estate investors in 2011, reports Crain’s New York.

The Big Apple beat out London and Washington to become the favorite with investors for the upcoming year (moving up from the third place spot in 2010), according to the annual survey of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate.

What does this mean? At least a few people have hope for the 2011 economic landscape.