With this being said, we certainly have had clients hold their properties for much shorter periods of time.

Which means higher rates and shorter term

These will be  non-conventional lenders and will mean higher interest and possibly shorter duration.  

Those tend to be most affected by shorter term shockwaves and stoppages like this.

Do you think the shutdown would be any shorter if government workers were only paid their state’s unemployment benefits instead of their full pay?

For me, I'm doubling my hold numbers... it turns out to be shorter, GREAT!

However there are lots of items we're allowed to separate out and give shorter lives to even without a cost seg.

You're right, a shorter amortization comes with benefits.

Personally, I would keep projects on shorter timelines to help mitigate an market risk...

Here's another academic article out of Stanford (just read the abstract and conclusion since this is quite long, I've read many shorter explanations but this coming out of Stanford is most credible) explaining this shortage in dollars in more detail.