COVID-19

Most leases require that the tenants is responsible for property alterations, but it can depend on the lease.

Even with more intensive cleaning, the less-contact approach to combating the virus may lower hotel costs, the executives said, especially if front desk staff is reduced in favor of cell phone check-in procedures.

Debt funds and insurance companies have been relatively unscathed as financial powers grapple with significant price rediscovery."

"If the flaring pandemic causes further slowing in states reopening and reinstituting lockdowns, that would present a headwind to the recovery," according to the chief economist for JLL.

Landlords typically hesitate to lower rents during the early days of an economic downturn.

Prior to the pandemic, the national rental price growth had been a stable 3%.

One of Atlanta's shining stars is the Class A office market, which experienced the most positive activity in the second quarter.

The frequency of senior housing M&As and deal values were down in Q2, according to public data collected by Irving Levin Associates. The publisher also noted M&A deals may continue to falter before it rebounds.