In this article, you'll learn:

• How ownership shifted from tax-driven to institutional investors.
• The influence of Wall Street on real estate equity and debt.
• The rise of data-driven decisions in real estate.
• How data and professional management enhance efficiency.

Commercial real estate today bears little resemblance to the industry of 20 or 30 years ago. Once, the CRE industry depended on capital from a hodge-podge mix of investors that were either overly involved in the asset or that owned it for everything but the fact that it was real estate. Since then, the industry has diversified, professionalized and become much more data-driven. While many of these changes have happened on the ownership side, they still have ramifications for tenants as well.