Here are CoStar's top stories of 2025

This was the year companies called workers back to the office, triggering a spike in leasing.

The budding office recovery remained confined to a handful of markets as logistics tenants pull back.

Store closings emerged as a valuable source of space for those retailers in expansion mode.

This was a year where the AI frenzy triggered outsized demand for data centers, even as tariffs put a crimp in port-related logistics.

Tragedy and triumph marked many people's lives across the real estate industry this year.

Apartment Rent growth posted a major decline in October, while coliving apartments found momentum.

Lenders are reentering the commercial property market as confidence slowly improves, though recovery remains uneven.

In the face of economic uncertainty, some took risks to change the face of U.S. cities.