{"id":120,"date":"2026-10-19T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/?p=120"},"modified":"2026-10-19T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:00:00","slug":"us-commercial-buildings-drive-610b-activity-carol-strom-real-estate-broker-founder-of-usafitpros-com-50-state-telehealth-and-labs-bolt-on-virtual-legitscript-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/19\/us-commercial-buildings-drive-610b-activity-carol-strom-real-estate-broker-founder-of-usafitpros-com-50-state-telehealth-and-labs-bolt-on-virtual-legitscript-business\/","title":{"rendered":"US Commercial Buildings Drive $610B Activity | Carol Strom real estate broker. Founder of USAfitpros.com 50 state Telehealth and Labs bolt-on virtual LegitScript business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/carol-s\/americas-commercial-buildings-8aee\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>A current industry study found US office, retail, and industrial building operations generated ~$610B in annual economic output while supporting 3.9M jobs nationwide.<br \/>\nBuilding operating spending of ~$275B contributed ~$344B to US GDP and produced ~$219B in personal earnings, highlighting commercial properties&#039; broad economic reach.<br \/>\nThe study estimated each $1 invested in building operations generated ~$2.22 in total output through direct, indirect, and induced economic activity nationwide.<br \/>\nOne current shift: rapid data center growth has been increasingly shaping national office construction figures, showing how commercial demand is evolving across US property types.<br \/>\nAcross 79 US markets, ongoing operations, maintenance, and building improvements supported jobs, businesses, and wages, with industry leaders emphasizing lasting economic effects.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A current industry study found US office, retail, and industrial building operations generated ~$610B in annual economic output while supporting 3.9M jobs nationwide. Building operating spending of ~$275B contributed ~$344B to US GDP and produced ~$219B in personal earnings, highlighting commercial properties&#039; broad economic reach. The study estimated each $1 invested in building operations generated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}