First Draft Live: Uncertainty Is The New Normal. Now What?

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Uncertainty hasn’t just dominated 2025 — it’s defined it. From the shutdown hangover to tariff whiplash, rate-cut head fakes, supply-chain drift and a CRE market still trying to find the floor, the signals everyone once trusted are blinking nonsense.

This week on First Draft Live, economist Peter Linneman joins us to cut through the noise and talk about how real estate leaders can actually operate when the dashboard goes dark.

We’re digging into where the market is wildly mispricing risk, where capital is quietly positioning for 2026 and how CRE can build the flexibility and optionality needed to survive — and even steal advantage — when uncertainty becomes the baseline.
 

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Every Friday at 12:30 p.m. ET, we go live with industry experts for a sharp, timely conversation on the week’s most impactful topic — inspired by our daily newsletter, The First Draft. Whether it’s CRE capital trends, policy changes, or sector-specific activity, we break down what it means for your business right now.

We’ve hosted some of the industry's top voices — and there's more to come. Bring your questions, join the conversation, or catch the replay within 24 hours if you can't attend live. Past episodes can be found here.

Interested in speaking? Contact Director of Global Production Elizabeth Baker at liz.baker@bisnow.com.