Interest Rate Increases Stall Deal Flow
December 2022 The commercial real estate (CRE) industry is in unchartered waters, given the...
Black Friday Sales Rise but Contrarians Hold Back
Nov. 25, 2022-- As the retail spend is tallied for Black Friday (and the overall...
Investment Outlook Drops Amid Economic Disruption
October 2022 Significant market headwinds, including a slowdown in economic momentum, rising interest rates,...
DePaul University: Chicago Attracting Investors, But COVID, Taxes are Issues
September 2021 Chicago's commercial real estate industry is faring well at this stage in...
Q2 2021 Retail and Hotel Investment Outlook
July 2021 As the summer shopping and travel season gets into full swing, the...
Midwest Industrial Construction Soars
May 2021 Industrial Construction Continues to Rise in Midwest The Midwest industrial engine continues...
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: Ranking the States
Feb. 28, 2021 As the COVID-19 vaccine distribution ramps up (and a third vaccine...
BOMA Study: Office Space Vital, but Reductions Likely
COVID-19 Back to Work Update January 2021 Office Space is Vital, but Reducations Being...
Retail to Industrial Real Estate Not a Sure Bet
October 2020 Prologis Report: Retail to Industrial Real Estate Not a Sure Bet Wondering whether...
DePaul University Survey: When Will Real Estate Recover?
Fall 2020 When will the real estate market recover? Not very quickly, according to...
Amazon Fuels Chicago Industrial Growth
July 2020 The surge in consumer goods shopping during the pandemic is having a significant impact on Chicago industrial expansion at mid-year 2020, according to a Q2 2020 Chicago Industrial Report from Avison Young. Amazon leads the pack in the ecommerce space race, adding more than 2.4 msf in the first six months of 2020 and on track to add another 4.3 msf by year end. This will bring Amazon’s total Chicago industrial space commitment to 15 msf. Amazon is just part of the story, however, as consumers gravitate to buying goods online from a variety of businesses.
NAIOP Survey: Industrial Real Estate Remains Strong
June 2020 A recently released NAIOP survey shows continued optimism about the industrial real...
Gap Announces Retail Store Closures, COVID-19 Approach
May 2020 COVID-19 Issues Mount for Retailers How will retail store closures fare due...
COVID-19: Online Grocery Sees Growth
May 2020 As COVID-19 deals a harsh blow to many industries, there are also...
COVID-19: Industrial Real Estate Shows Resiliency
April 7, 2020 There are some positive signs as the commercial real estate...
Industrial Real Estate Shifts to Help Response to COVID-19
April 2020 Industrial Real Estate Shifts to Boost Response to COVID-19 The industrial real...