The document discusses trends in commercial real estate leading into the 2000s. It notes that while oversupply issues plagued markets in the past, more flexible capital markets now encourage real estate development. Syndicated property ownership and real estate investment trusts (REITs) emerged as vehicles for public investment in real estate. The boom of the 1980s and 1990s saw high demand and low vacancy rates, but overbuilding occurred. The document predicts that in the 2000s, new development will only occur where justified by actual demand, and opportunities will exist for redeveloping existing devalued properties and financing acquisitions of such properties. Returning to fundamentals of real estate economics and lending will be keys to the future of real estate banking.