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Real Estate
 Brian Miller Real Estate Editor |
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June 11, 2020
On the Block: Coronavirus vs. the industrial sector
To briefly recap the box scores thus far in the morbid coronavirus game, the virus is lopsidedly winning against restaurants, gyms, brick-and-mortar retail and the hospitality market. It's not even close.
Grocery and drug stores are comfortably leading in their contests. It's a blowout there. The multifamily market is a draw since rent payments are sagging — but many office workers will be laboring at home for the foreseeable future, perhaps stabilizing demand.
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