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Preparing for the Commercial Real Estate Turnaround: 2025 Outlook
Private Equity and Real Estate Investors Are Poised to Capitalize on Renewed Opportunity in 2025
About the article
While much of the world has resumed business-as-usual since the COVID-19 pandemic, commercial real estate remains stagnant, prolonging uncertainty for tenants, landlords, and investors alike. Even with some organizations (most notably Amazon) insisting on a return to the office, it seems likely that corporate buildings will never achieve their full pre-Covid capacity without a reimagining of workspace. Pockets of once-vibrant cities, abandoned by some of their retail and restaurant tenants, still bear the marks of urban blight. Large shopping malls continue their decade-long struggle for consumer relevancy in an e-commerce age.
Rather than seeing this as the new normal, savvy private equity and real estate investors are now spotting once-in-a-generation opportunities for investment, revitalization, and repurposing across the commercial real estate landscape. 2025 is showing signs that it could be a bellwether year for renewed acquisition and activity. Firms and investors that want to capitalize on this shift must prepare and position themselves (legally and financially) before the light turns green.

About the author
Matthew B. Levine is the Managing Partner of Axiom Advice & Counsel, an AZ-located law firm, and focuses his practice on complex commercial real estate transactions, as well as related corporate, M&A, employment, and intellectual property matters for middle-market companies across diverse industries. His experience includes guiding clients through all stages of real estate transactions, from initial property acquisition and development to leasing, financing, and disposition.