Event description:
Join Brian Bailey, Head of Research at Trimont, for an incisive update on the evolving landscape of Commercial Real Estate (CRE). This session will begin with a national overview of market trends, then drill down into Florida, with a spotlight on the Tampa Bay area. Brian will analyze the latest movements in interest rates, capital markets, and the performance of key asset classes, highlighting how lender sentiment and lending practices are adapting to current conditions.

Key topics include:

• The impact of monetary policy shifts on CRE valuations and refinancing risk
• Capital flows and liquidity trends in today’s market
• Performance and outlook for office, multifamily, industrial, retail, and hospitality assets
• Lender strategies and underwriting trends in a changing environment
• Macro and local factors influencing CRE, including demographic shifts, regulatory changes, and economic indicators

Brian Bailey, Senior Managing Director and Head of Research, Trimont
Based in Trimont’s Atlanta office, Brian leads Trimont’s research efforts, monitoring emerging economic and commercial real estate (CRE) trends and delivering forward-looking insights. His expertise will be instrumental in providing Trimont’s clients with analytics and actionable insights while navigating today’s complex market landscape.

Brian joins Trimont after spending 14 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta as a CRE subject matter expert and senior financial policy advisor. Over the years, he has been widely recognized as the Federal Reserve System CRE expert. Brian’s work informed three Federal Reserve chairs, five central banks, and the International Monetary Fund. He briefed Chair Jerome Powell, the Board of Governors, multiple policymakers and thousands of banks on CRE and finance trends.

Brian has extensive experience, spanning both the public and private sectors, with commercial real estate valuation, transaction, development, and financial issues. Prior to joining the Atlanta Fed, he oversaw real estate finance and acquisitions at private equity firm Tavistock Group, ran real estate finance for Florida’s largest developer Flagler, and was an executive at Ernst & Young. He was responsible for valuation, directing due diligence and financial modeling operations, which included assessing and identifying the most financially feasible development scenarios.