The trends shaping post-pandemic property investments

Covid helped change the game

Now that more than 18 months have passed since Covid-19 started sweeping the world, we have a good understanding of how the pandemic has affected real estate investments.

In some ways, it has changed the game. In other ways, it has simply underlined a number of trends that were already shaping the sector. These ‘megatrends' will likely cross decades and decades, and have big implications for real estate - boosting some sectors and disrupting others. Below is a snapshot of the trends that have shaped 2020 to now, and how we see them developing in the coming decade. Finding diversification beyond commercial property The decline of the high-rise office While we are not predicting the end of the office tower, we do expect a fall in their popula...