As the economy shifts and dynamics in business needs alter, so do results for commercial real estate. One recent analysis compared office with industrial as a second added more information on office.

Both are softening, but for different reasons, and the prospects for office are worse, as anyone in the industry might guess given the abundance of information and analysis that have already come out.

According to Colliers, while both industrial and office sales have been softening, the former has been stronger than the latter in 13 of the last 15 quarters. "Prior to that, industrial had never topped office in any quarter, per data from MSCI. Office is in the headlines of late, and much of the press is negative, creating a tremendous opportunity for risk capital willing to deploy."

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