Real Estate Stocks Sink as Worries About AI Risks Spread

Commercial real estate stocks nosedived Thursday as traders worried about risk to demand for office space from higher use of artificial intelligence tools, broadening a selloff that began Wednesday in small corner of the market. Shares of CBRE Group Inc., a major commercial real estate services company, fell 8.8%, bringing the two-day decline to 20% in the worst such move since 2020. Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. fell 7.6% Thursday, Cushman & Wakefield Ltd. dropped 12% and Newmark Group Inc. slid 4.2%. Most R ...