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Commercial real estate showing resilience, despite volatile environment

By: Annie Smith Barkalow|April 1, 2025
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    • Symposium keynote speaker Travis Deese, director of Multifamily Research with CBRE.

    Symposium keynote speaker Travis Deese, director of Multifamily Research with CBRE. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW

    Despite recent federal policy shifts creating a volatile environment, commercial real estate is continuing to show resilience, experts asserted at the 2025 CBJ Commercial Real Estate Symposium March 26.

    Keynote speaker Travis Deese, director of Multifamily Research with CBRE, said trade battles and lingering COVID disruptions remain a factor and the GDP may see slight pullbacks, but no drastic declines.

    “We will always see a pullback in…

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