Realberry's latest sponsored perspective piece, published by The Real Deal, examines how artificial intelligence is moving from an emerging technology to an operating reality across commercial real estate — starting with the underwriting process itself. AI-powered tools are sharply cutting the time it takes to analyze rent rolls, financials, and offering documents, with institutional adoption for market analysis nearly tripling in two years. But that speed is becoming table stakes industry-wide rather than a lasting edge in itself — the real differentiator is how sponsors put the extra time to use, sharpening site selection and deal structuring rather than simply moving faster.

The piece then turns to AI's ripple effects on land use. As autonomous vehicles mature and reduce the cost of vehicle ownership, underused parking infrastructure may become a redevelopment opportunity, a trend already reflected in cities like Denver eliminating parking minimums citywide. For developers underwriting projects five or more years out, the article argues this reform trend is worth building into base-case assumptions rather than treating as a footnote.

On office space, the article describes a bifurcation rather than a simple contraction: AI-native companies can operate with leaner footprints, even as AI and technology firms themselves become a major new source of leasing demand. The net effect concentrates activity in higher-quality, well-located, flexible buildings, while older, less adaptable office stock faces continued pressure.

Finally, the article connects these shifts to margin dynamics and demographics. As AI narrows the informational edge that once separated top sponsors from the rest of the market, standardized, easily replicated real estate faces the greatest pricing pressure — reinforcing the value of well-located, difficult-to-replicate assets like Realberry's Avenue South development in Loveland, Colorado. Longer-term demographic tailwinds, including an aging population driving senior housing demand and falling transportation costs freeing up discretionary income, round out the case that AI is redistributing, not eliminating, the value of underwriting judgment, location, and patient capital.

Read the full article in The Real Deal→