Leasing in the Flight-to-Quality Era
How brokers are repositioning the middle of the market.
With demand concentrating at the top, the hardest job in commercial real estate is leasing the vast middle — buildings that are neither trophy nor distressed.
Reposition or Re-Price
Chief economist at Cobalt Real Estate Partners. Writes the widely-read 'Built World Macro' note.
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