Leaders | Commercial property investment
The sector faces a shake-up
YOU MAY not realise it, but a growing share of your savings and pensions pot has been wagered on the commercial buildings in which you work, shop and sleep. The original idea was that these investments would provide a steady stream of earnings for decades into the future, rather as government bonds did before interest rates fell so low. But now the virus has thrown that assumption into a cement mixer.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Watch this space”
From the June 27th 2020 edition
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