Commercial Real Estate, Mall, Hotel, Office Collapse Will Drag US Economy
Joe Raedle/Getty Image Commercial real estate — hotels, malls, offices — are facing down massive post-pandemic problems. We can all see the work from home and ecommerce trends coming and the CRE disaster seems like a slow motion trainwreck. And that trainwreck could drag the rest of the US economy down with it. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author. Back in 2016, a colleague of mine, Michelle Wuc ker, published a terrific book entitled "The Gray Rhino." The title alludes to humans stalking the grey rhinoceros, a species wid...