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AI has plenty of applications for real estate. But to find out the best uses, you have to also sort through what’s frivolous, a fad, or just a waste of time. This month the CPE Executive Council cuts through the noise and shares where AI is the most valuable for commercial real estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Randy
Randy Blankstein<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Better Predictions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest value AI will unlock in commercial real estate is better prediction on high-stakes decisions\u2014especially underwriting, tenant risk, lease intelligence and portfolio strategy. These are areas where there\u2019s enormous unstructured data, real capital at risk, and real information asymmetry. When you improve prediction there, it shows up directly in better risk-adjusted returns and faster deal execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, the highest-leverage application is tenant risk prediction and renewal underwriting\u2014particularly in single-tenant net lease. Today, underwriting leans heavily on tenant credit ratings and gut-level judgment about renewal probability. AI models trained on historical retailer performance, combined with location-level data such as demographics, traffic patterns and even sentiment from filings and news, can produce a much sharper, asset-by-asset read of renewal versus closure risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That matters because it prices near-term lease-expiration risk more accurately, rather than over-discounting good assets out of caution\u2014and it gives owners an earlier read on which tenants are actually vulnerable, before it shows up in the numbers. Deloitte\u2019s 2026 CRE Outlook lists tenant relationship management as one of the industry\u2019s top AI priorities over the next 12 to 18 months, and I think that\u2019s exactly right\u2014the firms that get ahead of this now will have a real pricing edge before the rest of the market catches up. \u2014Randy Blankstein, President,\u00a0The Boulder Group<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Doug
Doug Ressler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Eliminate Friction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think the biggest misconception in CRE is that AI\u2019s greatest value will come from predicting rents, cap rates, or property values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest near-term value creation is eliminating friction from information-heavy workflows, while the largest long-term value creation comes from improving capital allocation decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent internal CRE economics piece argues that the clearest AI impact today is showing up through productivity gains, particularly in industrial facilities and data centers, rather than through dramatic changes in property fundamentals.\u00a0Meanwhile, institutional firms are increasingly deploying AI across underwriting, research and asset management workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I were presenting this to an investment committee, I\u2019d rank the opportunity as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank Area\/Value Creation Potential<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Underwriting & investment decisions\/Very High<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Asset management & NOI optimization\/Very High<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Research & market intelligence\/High<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Lease\/document abstraction\/High<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Property operations & maintenance\/Moderate-High<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Brokerage & leasing productivity\/Moderate<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Valuation forecasting\/Moderate<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The greatest value in CRE won\u2019t come from AI predicting the future better. It will come from compressing the time between data, decision and action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For investors, that means better underwriting and capital allocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For operators, that means higher NOI through revenue optimization and expense control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And at the macro level, the biggest physical-property beneficiaries appear likely to be data centers, modern logistics facilities, and advanced manufacturing assets, where AI is directly increasing demand rather than merely improving productivity. \u2014Doug Ressler, Manager, Business Intelligence,\u00a0Yardi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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