Real Estate Right Now: Can It Transition from Toxic to Timely?

10/22/24 • 53 min

While "back-to-office" efforts remain weak in many urban cores, those same downtowns are experiencing booming retail, entertainment and cultural visitation. Associate Professor Emeritus Jan deRoos and senior lecturers Daniel Lebret and Jeanne Varney — a power trio of real estate experts from the Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration — explore the forces driving real estate market trends and delve into recent efforts to convert "office-to-anything-else" spaces.

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The real estate property types that are poised to thrive in the second half of the 2020s
How much office values need to drop to make adaptive reuse and conversions economically viable
What cities and areas hold promise to grow and prosper in the near future

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How much office values need to drop to make adaptive reuse and conversions economically viable
What cities and areas hold promise to grow and prosper in the near future

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