Analysis

With the economic pressures and uncertainly brought on by coronavirus, corporations are looking for lease term flexibility and more agile office solutions.

While COVID-19's economic impact makes it nearly a given that higher default rates will occur, the economic outlook is a bit rosier than earlier expectations.

Residential locales, hospitality, retail and office space are all dealing with pandemic mandated changes. And change is hard.

As they settle into the new normal, however, some tenants will want hub-and-spoke office models, with the spokes being short term and flexible spaces.

BJ's Wholesale, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Tuesday Morning are among the retailers that analytics firm Placer.ai has dubbed 2020 "pandemic winners."

Based on trends spurred by the pandemic, Fitch Ratings is predicting a transformation in the real estate markets of big and small cities.

Only 19% of property managers in the study reported that rents were being paid on time, while the rest reported that they had tenants who were unable to pay, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors.

The dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases — especially in Texas, Florida and Arizona — is forcing businesses with a large public component either to pause reopenings or close again.