{"id":78,"date":"2026-10-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:00:00","slug":"commercial-real-estate-powers-u-s-growth-embracing-performance-over-perception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/07\/commercial-real-estate-powers-u-s-growth-embracing-performance-over-perception\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Real Estate Powers U.S. Growth | Embracing Performance Over Perception"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/paul-e-washington\/boma-study-commercial-real-estate-remains-a-boon-to-the-us-economy-remotion-videos-21bd\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>An industry study found operating office, retail, and industrial properties across 79 US markets generated ~$610B in annual output and supported 3.9M jobs.<br \/>\nThose buildings covered 35.4B sq-ft across 38 states, with ~$275B in operating spending contributing ~$344B to GDP and ~$219B in personal earnings.<br \/>\nConstruction patterns changed in 2025: data centers were ~46% of private office construction, traditional office totaled ~$48.4B, and industrial activity stayed historically high.<br \/>\nBeyond major metros, ongoing operations, maintenance, and improvements supported local jobs, businesses, and wages across the country, showing commercial buildings create lasting yearly activity.<br \/>\nTechnology increasingly helped owners and managers oversee energy, water, security, access, and building performance, while retail construction activity picked up in early 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An industry study found operating office, retail, and industrial properties across 79 US markets generated ~$610B in annual output and supported 3.9M jobs. Those buildings covered 35.4B sq-ft across 38 states, with ~$275B in operating spending contributing ~$344B to GDP and ~$219B in personal earnings. Construction patterns changed in 2025: data centers were ~46% of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":304,"featured_media":79,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/304"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paulwashingtoncommercial.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}