Wintrust hires SVP
Wintrust Multinational Commercial Banking has hired Stephen Jones as senior vice president. Jones has extensive experience in developing new clients and building existing client relationships.…
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Sprawling churches, indoor ski ranges and water parks: This is what the future holds for dying malls
What will happen to all the dying shopping malls across the country? They might become megachurches, their parking lots filled with worshippers. Or maybe construction…
2021 net buyer or seller? Help us decide
SparrowHawk, like most merchant investment firms, is carefully establishing goals and objectives for 2021. Projecting vacancy rates, evaluating leasing obligations, challenging expenses and optimizing net…
JLL report: 2021 to be a big year for the Midwest industrial sector
Expect this year to be a strong one for the industrial sector in the Midwest, with the region needing an additional 275 million square feet…
Despite pandemic, retail sales jumped 3 percent this holiday season
The holiday season was a bright one for U.S. retailers, with one report showing that retail sales from Oct. 11 through Dec. 24 increased 3…
Yardi Matrix: Midwest apartment property sales take big tumble in 2020
Remember those record-setting apartment sales in 2019? COVID-19 made sure that there’d be no repeat performance this year.
The Sales Shake-Up: How to exploit your online presence to win new business
This may not be fair, but if nothing or very little pops up after I Google someone, I’m unimpressed. My assumption is that they don’t…
Congress has passed another COVID relief bill. What does it mean for the PPP?
Congress has passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, designed to help those struggling financially because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill contains numerous provisions,…
A little cheer for retailers this holiday season?
It’s been a rough year for retailers, with the COVID-19 pandemic and government-mandated shutdowns forcing them to either close their doors or pivot to curbside…
CoStar report: The retail bankruptcies keep coming in 2020
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country, many U.S. retailers were struggling to keep their doors open in the face of competition from…