REJournals – Commercial real estate news

Self-Storage Holds the Line: Why Chicago’s Quietest Asset Class Keeps Drawing Capital

Brandi Smith June 2, 2026

While commercial real estate delinquencies across the broader commercial mortgage-backed securities market have climbed past 6%, self-storage delinquencies have hovered around 0.1%, according to KBRA data cited by Shawn Hill, Principal and Founding Member of The BSC Group.

Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame: NAI Hiffman’s Kelly Disser

Dan Rafter June 2, 2026

Over the course of his 23 years in the Chicago commercial real estate industry, NAI Hiffman's Kelly Disser has completed more than 650 sale and lease transactions valued at over $3 billion.

An overlooked commercial asset class? How about preschools and early education centers?

Miami-based developer and investor Fortec is betting that one of the nation’s most overlooked real estate sectors, early childhood education facilities, is also one of…

Trophy Divide: How Texas office split into two markets running on different rules

Trophy office rents in Dallas now average about $77 per square foot, more than double the roughly $37 per square foot landlords command in the…

Jim Lake Jr.: Reimagining overlooked places through conviction and time

Before the Bishop Arts District became a destination, it was three blocks of boarded-up buildings most people avoided. Jim Lake Jr. saw something different.

Us Construction’s Sophia Reyes: Inside the soaring demand for experiential retail and mixed-use projects

As director of relationships at Miami-based Us Construction, Sophia Reyes understands just how high the demand is today for experiential retail and mixed-use projects. These…

Fading momentum? Not in Detroit, according to the Detroit Commercial Real Estate Mid-Year Forecast

The momentum continues in the Detroit-area commercial real estate market. That was the main takeaway from Michigan Real Estate Journal's 11th annual Detroit Commercial Real…