Many recent studies and analyses on commercial real estate have been delivering negative news: rent growth down, valuations down, financial pressures up, and some sectors like office facing potential graver news. Like this is news to those in the industry.
Swiss Re Institute, which produces research from data and risk knowledge that the reinsurer Swiss Re has through its operations, has a new take on U.S. commercial real estate: “expecting prolonged challenges.” That is, corrections will last “several years.”