CREF: Commercial Real Estate in the Wake of a Pandemic- How Borrowers and Lenders are Responding to COVID-19

The COVID-19 global health pandemic caused abrupt and unprecedented economic shock around the world. The commercial real estate sector is no exception. Stakeholders have suddenly found themselves in wholly uncharted territory, reviewing the liquidity needs of their investments, rereading long-forgotten loan documents, and in many instances demanding unprecedented relief from lenders. Others, however, look at this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and are trying to make lemonade out of the lemons dealt to them by the pandemic.

This panel of owners/borrowers, lenders, and restructuring professionals will discuss the myriad challenges to commercial real estate.