Analysis

The effect of COVID-19 could lead to increased demand for real estate—think about the need for social distancing in business, government and entertainment venues—or lower demand as virtual work expands.

Class-A office space will likely have the steepest recovery in the next three to five years.

COVID-19 has accelerated companies' acceptance of remote work, but social-distancing measures mean that they will continue to require roughly the same amount of office space.

"For investors looking for exposure, we continue to favor stable, grocer anchored portfolios with positively trending rent collection statistics rather than trying to push further out the risk curve."

JLL finds that although the office environment is changing because of COVID-19, this evolution does not mean extinction.

Real Capital Analytics says that many investors are making the choice to sit on the sidelines.

In the past couple of decades, the construction sector has been plagued by dismal performance. according to McKinsey & Co.

Lodging operators from Maine to Maryland, and the community banks that support them, hope that "drive-to" markets stand the best chance of a short-term recovery from the COVID-19 downturn this summer,