While "back-to-office" efforts remain weak in many urban cores, those same downtowns are experiencing booming retail, entertainment and cultural visitation. Associate Professor Emeritus Jan deRoos and senior lecturers Daniel Lebret and Jeanne Varney — a power trio of real estate experts from the Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration — explore the forces driving real estate market trends and delve into recent efforts to convert "office-to-anything-else" spaces.

What You'll Learn

• The real estate property types that are poised to thrive in the second half of the 2020s
• How much office values need to drop to make adaptive reuse and conversions economically viable
• What cities and areas hold promise to grow and prosper in the near future

The Cornell Keynotes podcast is brought to you by eCornell, which offers more than 200 online certificate programs to help professionals advance their careers and organizations. Learn more from Jan deRoos, Jeanne Varney and Daniel Lebret in these programs:

• Commercial Real Estate
• General Managers Program
• Hotel Management and Owner Relations
• Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management
• Real Estate Investing 360
• Real Estate Investing and Finance
• Real Estate Investment Modeling
• Real Estate Property Management

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