Hedging your bets appears to be taking hold as the commercial real estate investment strategy of choice in uncertain times as we emerge from the pandemic and look for a safe harbor in a looming economic storm.

In the unfamiliar territory that is the landscape of post-pandemic markets, the biggest players in real estate investment have been deploying vast amount of capital in recent months to shift the focus of their portfolios between asset classes.

One is unloading office properties, another is beefing up an industrial footprint, a third is betting the farm on value-add multifamily. They're putting their chips down on markets with short supply, counting on rising rates, labor and supply disruptions to continue hindering construction.

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