Activity in the United States’ economy and office market tends to foreshadow what's coming for Canada by about a year and half.

In this episode of Colliers Talks Economics, host Adam Jacobs, Head of Research with Colliers Canada, discusses with Marianne Skorupski, National Office Research Director with Colliers U.S., the big-picture office market conditions south of the border.

Skorupski shares her insights on topics such as return-to-office, the shifting investor profile, office conversions, lender behaviour, and more.

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The conversation covers:

• Office demand in key U.S. cities and how return-to-office trends are shaping leasing conditions

• How investor profiles are increasingly shifting towards private sources

• Why AI is helping drive fresh office demand, particularly in the Bay Area

• How the World Cup will help spur ancillary activity and spending across hospitality and other real estate types in large U.S. host cities

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