The Office Meltdown Will Result in $1 Trillion of Losses, Says Real Estate Billionaire

Barry Sternlicht, the billionaire CEO of Starwood Capital, has forecasted a massive $1 trillion loss in the U.S. office market, attributing the decline to the permanent shift towards remote work post-COVID-19. According to Sternlicht, the U.S. office market, previously valued at $3 trillion, has plummeted to around $1.8 trillion. He described this downturn as an “existential crisis” for the office segment of the commercial property market and criticized the Federal Reserve for exacerbating issues within capital and real estate markets.