{"id":1004778585,"date":"2025-11-19T04:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004778585"},"modified":"2026-02-20T02:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:28:40","slug":"2026-cre-outlook-key-expectations-for-the-year-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/2026-cre-outlook-key-expectations-for-the-year-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 CRE Outlook: Key Expectations for the Year Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a18850b217cb&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"alignright size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" data-attachment-id=\"1004778617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/2026-cre-outlook-key-expectations-for-the-year-ahead\/cpevoices_111825_panel_feature\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/11\/CPEVoices_111825_Panel_feature.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CPEVoices_111825_Panel_feature\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screenshot by Michelle Matteson&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;CPE Editorial Director Suzann Silverman in conversation with Ryan Krauch, Richard Kleinman, Jeff DeBoer. 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Despite these challenges, the commercial real estate market stayed resilient, even rebounding in some sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During <em>Commercial Property Executive<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-2026-cre-outlook\/\">2026 CRE outlook<\/a> webinar, panelists from different sectors and backgrounds came together to discuss the state of the industry. Moderated by Editorial Director Suzann Silverman, industry professionals shared insights on market trends, investment opportunities and capital sources for the year ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Kleinman, Americas co-CIO and head of research and strategy at LaSalle Investment Management, opened with an economic and capital markets overview. He noted that steady growth and solid fundamentals have kept the U.S. out of recession. While the job market is slowing and some data was delayed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/what-a-long-government-shutdown-means-for-cre\/\">government shutdown<\/a>, forthcoming reports will offer more clarity for investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn many sectors, we\u2019re seeing the digestion of elevated new supply but expect moderate demand going forward,\u201d said Kleinman. He added that life sciences have a surplus of new space, medical office remains stable and multifamily outperformed expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-positive-outlook-on-investment\">Positive outlook on investment <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As uncertainty has been an overarching theme for commercial real estate recently, investors have been hesitant to make any big plans within the sector, though the panel agreed things were looking up. As interest rates have lowered, this has fueled some optimism for investors to come back not just in 2026 but even further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/silver-linings-emerge-pwc-uli-report\/\">Emerging Trends Report Finds Silver Linings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan Krauch, senior managing director at Affinius Capital, is optimistic looking into the 3- to 5-year window. He shared that in this cycle, investors have been extremely disciplined, so there is capital to deploy and dry powder is in a healthy state, which is good for investing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kleinman backed this statement, saying that he is optimistic about investors coming back into real estate in 2026, shedding light on the denominator effect and explaining how the stock market has been playing into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think more and more investors are positioned to allocate new capital to real estate,&#8221; he said. \u201cThey just need confidence in the market to start doing that. I think several are holding back, and maybe it&#8217;s because of real estate, but it also might be that they don&#8217;t believe the stock market values and don&#8217;t want to end up over-allocated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-ai-and-data-center-bubble\">The AI and data center bubble <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another topic that panelists discussed included how data centers and the AI boom have been dominating the industry this past year. The growth of this technology and the demand has been felt in other asset classes as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LISTEN ALSO<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/alternative-disruptors-right-sizing-data-centers\/\">Alternative Disruptors: Right-Sizing Data Centers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff DeBoer, president &amp; CEO of The Real Estate Roundtable, shared that AI companies are a major force behind office leasing in suburban Boston and similar markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the development side, data centers continue to expand rapidly to meet rising demand. The panel noted that as technology advances, the growing energy requirements needed to support this trend will likely become a major topic of discussion in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think data centers right now are going to be the headline for the foreseeable future,\u201d Krauch stated. \u201cThat&#8217;s where I see a lot of energy and focus and there&#8217;ll be some effects from that to deal with, if not in 2026, shortly thereafter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas Whitesell, head of the debt investment group at Kennedy Wilson, also suggested that we are in an \u201cAI bubble\u201d which is driving up the stock market, with the top 10 companies working together to keep the bubble going. Moving into the second half of the year, he is anticipating that the bubble will start to deflate over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-proceeding-with-caution-in-2026\">Proceeding with caution in 2026 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, the panelists were saying that overall it\u2019s safer to look with caution as things like tariffs, interest rates and monetary policy effects continue to work their way through the market. Merrie Frankel, president at Minerva Realty Consultants, shared her belief that development and investment will perform slightly better next year than they did this year, especially with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/another-fed-cut-fuels-optimism-for-year-end\/\">lower interest rates<\/a> and dry powder to invest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cres-mixed-bag-of-uncertainty-and-opportunity\/\">CRE\u2019s Mixed Bag of Uncertainty and Opportunity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think it&#8217;s going to be somewhat choppy between tariffs, interest rates and a bifurcated job market,\u201d Frankle said. \u201cBut I&#8217;m feeling somewhat more optimistic, with the amount of debt and equity deals out there, and the dry powder out there, which I think will spur the business on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitesell echoed the same sentiment. He believes that the industry will see more of the same from 2025 in 2026, especially in the office sector in high-performing markets. He brought attention to Class A assets in New York City and Los Angeles, where the demand is high and vacancy rates are low. But other asset classes and other areas are not performing as well. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New policies like tariffs, the One Big Beautiful Bill and the data that comes in following the government shutdown call for a wait-and-see attitude on how this will affect the market in the long term. 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