Five Reasons To Be 'Cautiously Optimistic' About Global CRE in 2022

Commercial real estate returns tend to be viewed as a hedge against inflation, and a Cushman analysis of historical CRE returns show a strong positive trend.

By Lynn Pollack | January 25, 2022 at 07:29 AM

Sentiment in the CRE community is clearly on the decline—and for good reason—but the Omicron variant’s gradual fade, as well as the rollback of government restrictions across Europe, should give CRE investors cause for optimism in 2022, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s chief economist.

“Just weeks into 2022, we have reasons to be cautiously optimistic, which bodes well for the property markets,” Kevin Thorpe says in a new report. “In several global markets, Omicron has entered a seemingly sustained pattern of plateau and decline. In Europe, some of the first markets hit by the new strain, governments are starting to roll back restrictions and mandates, ushering in a new phase of a return to something closer to pre-pandemic life. With many calling for COVID-19 to be treated as endemic, we’re optimistic that the disruption we’ve seen in markets across the world will further abate in 2022.”

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