The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented changes in the commercial real estate industry in 2020 and 2021. Institutional Real Estate Americas senior editor Loretta Clodfelter recently asked a collection of industry heavyweights to answer a few questions and share their forecasts and expectations for U.S. real estate in the current environment.

The roundtable participants were Tony Charles, global head of research, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing; Philip Conner, head of Barings real estate research and strategy – U.S.; Dr. Tiffany Gherlone, head of research & strategy – U.S., UBS Asset Management, Real Estate & Private Markets; Christopher Merrill, co-founder, chairman and CEO, Harrison Street; Doug Prickett, CRE, senior managing director of research and investment analytics at Transwestern Investment Group; Carly Tripp, global chief inves