Weeks before her retirement as CREFC's President & CEO takes effect, Lisa Pendergast sits down with First Draft Live to weigh in on whether the industry's brutal Q1 — a 20% sentiment collapse tied to the Iran war — is deepening or finally stabilizing, as CREFC's own Q2 survey looms. On the table? A Federal Reserve under new chair Kevin Warsh that's gone hawkish with no rate cuts penciled in for 2026, an $875B wall of loan maturities bearing down on borrowers and the one sector still pulling in capital while everything else cools.
 

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First Draft Live returns for Season 2, bringing with it a continued commitment to compelling conversations with commercial real estate’s leading voices. Inspired by our daily newsletter, The First Draft, Bisnow’s Editor-in-Chief / Chief Content Officer Mark Bonner takes viewers behind the scenes on what’s shaping everything from capital trends and policy changes to sector-specific activity, in discussion with the people making it happen.

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 our Vice President of Production, Elizabeth Baker, at liz.baker@bisnow.com.