What COVID-19 means for real estate out to 2030 and beyond

The pandemic is firmly in our collective rear-view mirrors, but five years on, its effects continue to drive real estate performance differentials. We expect it to remain integral to driving winners and losers over the next five years and into the 2030s. Therefore, this piece highlights our answers to the key questions that we are asked by clients and that we ask ourselves, covering everything from the outlook for office demand in 2030 to whether households’ shift to suburban locations will hold, and what’s next for retail and logistics to whether we expect to see the so-called death of cities.