Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (11/12/25) – Banks Weather CRE Storm, Industrial Outdoor Storage Markets Soar, and Office Vacancy Decline

In our latest roundup, turnover rate for US homes drops to a 30-year low, global data center real estate funding struggles to keep pace, industrial real estate space surges, and more!

• U.S. regional banks’ commercial real estate loan books are proving broadly resilient despite worries sparked by a handful of soured loans, but the office sector continues to be a pain point. (Niket Nishant and Manya Saini, Reuters)
• The rapid buildout of AI and quantum infrastructure is sparking a boom in an often overlooked commercial real estate sector. (Diana Olick, CNBC)
• U.S. office vacancies showed their first year-over-year decline since the pandemic. (Joe Burns, Facilities Dive)
• Demand for U.S. industrial real estate space surged in Q3, with net absorption reaching its highest level since Q1 of 2023. (Max Garland, Supply Chain Dive)
• The pace at which US homes are changing owners dropped to the lowest in at least 30 years. (Jennifer Sor, Business Insider)
• While global data center appetite is strong, the pace and scale of these projects are straining traditional lenders. (Diana Olick, CNBC)

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