
Hugo Moreno, Contributor to Forbes Insights provides some interesting insights on optimism from commercial real estate executives on the general state of the market: http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesinsights/2016/05/17/optimism-in-commercial-real-estate/#7e9aed93bbc3
Some key findings from a Forbes Insight study commissioned by CIT on the U.S. Commercial Real Estate--just over 60% of executives surveyed characterize their current market posture as opportunistic; most believe that the influx of technologies is revolutionizing the industry with executives agreeing the benefits are clear however, despite this, many are slow to adopt, with only 11% of respondents rating themselves as “leading edge” when it comes to technology implementation.