Is AI Creating Office Real Estate’s Next Growth Cycle
After several years of elevated vacancy, downsizing and uncertainty surrounding workplace demand, portions of the office market have finally begun showing signs of recovery.
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Missoula Market Update
A submarket-by-submarket look at Office, Industrial, Retail, Multifamily, and Land in the Missoula market from Coldwell Banker Commercial Drew Ward Warne, August 2026.
Manufactured Housing’s Real Bottleneck Isn’t Demand
For years, manufactured housing has been treated as a side conversation in American real estate. It’s too often reduced to outdated stereotypes, too rarely understood as a modern housing product, and almost never discussed with the urgency the affordability crisis now demands. That posture no longer fits the facts.
Manufactured housing is not a silver bullet. But it is one of the few scalable forms of unsubsidized homeownership still available at a price many households can realistically reach.
CBC Green & Green Q2 Newsletter
Check in on what happened during Quarter 2 in the Green & Green Newsletter and what to expect for the rest of the year!
Lease Length Isn’t the Only Conversation Anymore
For decades, commercial real estate leases followed a fairly predictable formula. Landlords sought long-term commitments that provided stable income, while tenants prioritized securing the space they needed to support future growth. Those priorities have not disappeared, but the leasing conversation has become more nuanced.
Today, many occupiers are looking beyond rent and square footage and placing greater emphasis on flexibility. In some cases, that means shorter lease terms. In others, it means negotiating options that provide room to adapt as business needs change.
Demand for smaller and more flexible spaces is growing across office, retail, and industrial properties as occupiers prioritize adaptability in an increasingly dynamic business environment.
Helena’s 2026 Projects
A look at the construction and development projects that have been applied for this year in Helena Montana.
Under All is Land
Growth, Constraint, and Where Value Moves Next in the Helena Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Mid-Market Real Estate
Investor priorities appear to be shifting. This shift is encouraging because it validates the type of market where CBC professionals are often strongest: locally informed, relationship-driven, mid-market real estate.
CBC’s 2026 Midyear Outlook Report
The overall U.S. commercial real estate recovery that began in 2025 accelerated early in 2026, with stronger capital flows, improved lending conditions and more active market participants. Transaction volume rose 19% year-over-year to $117 billion in 1Q26. Despite this momentum, the market remains highly bifurcated, with performance driven more by property fundamentals and local market conditions than broad macro trends. While activity has been resilient – as investors grow tired of waiting for a market correction – growth is uneven and concentrated in markets benefiting from job creation, population inflows, space needs, and structural changes in demand.
Student Housing’s Next Test Is Execution
Student housing still looks like one of the steadiest corners of commercial real estate. Yardi Matrix reports that preleasing for the 2026-2027 academic year reached 52.3% in January, ahead of an estimated 45.6% a year earlier. Across 184 universities, total fall 2025 enrollment reached 4.9 million students, up 1.8% year over year. For investors looking for durable demand, those are the kind of numbers that keep the sector near the top of the watch list.