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Commercial real estate will come under tremendous pressure

Predictor: Andrew Yang · ep#236 "Andrew Yang: UBI Before UHI, Solving Job Loss, and the Future of Work | #236" · source

Prior probability
60.0%
Current probability
50.8%
evolves via intake + LBP
Conviction
4/5
Signal quality
C
Resolution
pending
Window
2027-06-01 – 2027-06-30
Edges in / out
8 / 5
Tickers exposed
33

Prediction text

Commercial real estate will come under tremendous pressure | you're going to have commercial districts under tremendous pressure, which we did see under COVID.

Verbatim quote

From episode "Andrew Yang: UBI Before UHI, Solving Job Loss, and the Future of Work | #236"
you're going to have commercial districts under tremendous pressure, which we did see under COVID.

Predictor: Andrew Yang

κ + Brier as of 2026-05-22
κ (discount)
0.688
Brier
0.0178
excellent
Hits / Misses
0 / 0
of 3 resolved
Hit rate
0.0%
Calibration plot (stated vs observed)

Evidence about this node from Andrew Yang is multiplied by κ in /api/intake. Lower κ = less weight; floors at 0.10 (effectively silenced) and caps at 1.00 (full weight).

Reference class

Not linked

This node isn't linked to a reference class. The Bayesian update applies without outside-view blending.

Probability over time

4 prob_history rows
0%25%50%75%100%prior 60%2026-04-302026-05-032026-05-10
intake v2milestone miss sweeplbp propagationreference class assignedlegacy v1prior_prob (analyst seed)current = 50.8%

Milestone chain

Pre-event signals (upstream prereqs + window checkpoints) → resolution event → downstream cascades. Status/dates update from linked nodes; re-derive nightly via scripts/ops/derive_milestones.py.
Leading chain: 8 fired ✓ · 1 pending
  1. 2025-08-01hitUS office vacancy rate exceeds 20%
    How: Major tracker (CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, JLL, or Newmark) reports US office vacancy >=20% in any quarterly report
    Source: https://allwork.space/2025/08/u-s-office-vacancies-hit-record-20-7-amid-remote-work-surge/conf 99%
    Notes: HIT — US office vacancy hit record 20.7% in mid-2025.
  2. 2026-03-01hitOffice CMBS delinquency rate exceeds 10%
    How: Trepp or Moody's Analytics reports office-sector CMBS delinquency rate >=10% for any monthly reading in 2026
    Source: https://www.thestreet.com/retirement/from-offices-to-ai-commercial-real-estate-in-2026conf 99%
    Notes: HIT — Office CMBS delinquencies hit 11.8%, ~6x 2019 levels.
  3. 2026-04-01hitOffice vacancy concentrated in oldest buildings (10% own >60% vacancy)
    How: Industry analysis (Newmark, JLL, CBRE) confirms top 10% most-vacant buildings hold >=60% of total US office vacancy
    Source: https://www.nmrk.com/insights/thought-leadership/ai-and-the-future-of-office-quantifying-workforce-change-and-space-demand-through-2030conf 95%
    Notes: HIT — Newmark reports 10% of office buildings comprise >60% of total national vacancy.
  4. 2026-06-01 → 2027-12-31pendingMajor office REIT files Chapter 11 or restructures debt
    How: At least one publicly-traded office REIT (Vornado, SL Green, Boston Properties, Brandywine, etc.) or major private office portfolio files Chapter 11 or completes major debt-for-equity restructuring
    Source: SEC filings, Bloomberg, Reuters CRE coverageconf 55%
  5. 2026-09-01 → 2028-12-31pendingMajor US city converts >=10% of CBD office stock to residential or alternative use
    How: At least one top-15 US metro reports >=10% of central business district office square footage in approved or completed conversion to residential, hotel, lab, or industrial
    Source: CBRE conversion tracker, JLL adaptive reuse reportsconf 55%
  6. 2026-12-31 → 2030-12-31pendingOffice-using employment growth essentially flat or negative through 2030
    How: BLS plus Newmark forecast confirms office-using employment growth <=1% cumulative over 2026-2030
    Source: https://www.nmrk.com/insights/thought-leadership/ai-and-the-future-of-office-quantifying-workforce-change-and-space-demand-through-2030conf 80%
    Notes: Newmark base case: office-using employment growth +0.3% 2026-2030, supports continued pressure.
  7. 2036-09-06pendingMoon base will exist in 10 years

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Evidence chain

Every probability update with full Bayesian provenance — chronological, latest first
LBP2026-05-10T02:00:02Z50.8%-1.2pp
Network propagation: 51.9% → 50.8%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00584 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run e5c18d29
LBP2026-05-03T02:00:01Z51.9%-1.8pp
Network propagation: 53.7% → 51.9%
6-iter LBP, residual 0.00677 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v3 · run 1a683ac9
LBP2026-04-30T16:39:51Z53.7%-2.5pp
Network propagation: 56.2% → 53.7%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v2 · run 0c8a4ea3
LBP2026-04-30T02:18:57Z56.2%-3.8pp
Network propagation: 60.0% → 56.2%
5-iter LBP, residual 0.00825 · damping 0.5, w_intrinsic 0.5 · method lbp_v1 · run 592311ef

Network propagation neighbors

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Ticker exposure

33 ticker(s) linked

Beneficiaries (23)

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Adverse (6)

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Prerequisites (8)

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prereqSEM_008Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will commence sometime in 2025.AI
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Linked documents (1)

Auto-generated by cosine similarity from Polymarket / Manifold / EDGAR / GDELT
SimSourceTitleMarket probPolarityReviewedPublished
0.570manifoldWill I get COVID ten times before getting hantavirus?27%mentionspending2026-05-16

Raw metadata

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