This year certainly threw a curveball to many parts of the commercial real estate industry. Between the Covid-19 pandemic, low oil and gas prices and tightening credit markets, the number of real estate transactions has been down in many parts of the industry. But there are some areas where activity not only continued but actually increased in the wake of the pandemic. Industrial properties, in particular, have become hot commodities this year, thanks to a surge in online retail activity. Meanwhile,…