How Real Estate Leaders are Navigating Market Changes, Investment Trends and Identifying Growth Opportunity for the Coming Year

The rebound that 2025 was supposed to bring didn’t pan out as many in the industry had hoped. On a macro level, the anticipated decreases in interest rates didn’t come at the pace that was largely expected. Associated project starts, were cool across key asset classes. Combatting elevated vacancies continued to be a main focus across the main food groups of office, multifamily, retail and industrial. Given an initial interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve, progress in leasing, fewer deliveries to contend with, and an estimated 157 people moving to the Queen City region daily, 2026 may just be the year the industry has been surviving to after all.