If You’ve Been to a CRE Conference Lately…
You’ve probably heard some version of this whispered in hallways, dropped on panels, or muttered over coffee between meetings:
“Stay alive in ’25, stay in the mix in ’26.”
It turns out the industry has been workshopping variations. A lot of variations.
- Survive ’25, Stabilize in ’26.
- Extend and Pretend in ’25, Decide in ’26.
- Restructure Now, Recap Later.
- Live to fight another year.
This language isn’t pessimism, it’s realism. In a market defined by extensions and negotiations, the difference between optionality and forced outcomes is preparation.
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