Rethinking Risk: What Chicago’s lenders learned from 2025
The building in Addison wasn’t supposed to become a car club. It started as an unremarkable 20,000-square-foot distribution shop before its owner decided to rethink…
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Pent-Up Potential: Chicago’s industrial market eyes a rebound in 2026
Chicago’s industrial market spent most of 2025 looking more complicated on the ground than it did on paper. Activity appeared constant, yet the correlation to…
Pressure, Partnership, Progress: Property managers turned disruption into innovation in 2025
The story of property management in 2025 can be told through an 800,000 square foot tower where a fitness center was losing $18,000 a month.…
Lee & Associates closes 11,500-square-foot lease transaction for candy manufacturer in Chicago
Lee & Associates closes11,500-square-foot lease transaction at 2743 W. 36th Place in Chicago, Illinois. Dylan Maher, senior vice president at Lee & Associates’ Illinois office,…
From Scale to Selectivity: Why CenterPoint’s 2026 pipeline favors entitled land and infrastructure-led strategy
Everyone is talking about rising industrial demand heading into 2026, but that’s not the story developers are living. Their real bottlenecks sit deeper in the…
Red Oak Capital Holdings provides $10 million for acquisition of hotel in Chicago O’Hare market
Red Oak Capital Holdings, LLC provided $10 million for the acquisition and refurbishment of Four Points by Sheraton – O’Hare in Chicago. Structured under Red…
Marcus & Millichap brokers sale of 13-unit mixed-use property in Chicago
Marcus & Millichap brokered the sale of 3060 W. Armitage Ave., a 13-unit mixed-use property in Chicago for $4.03 million. Steve Rachman, an investment specialist in Marcus…
Armstrong Teasdale adds IP specialist to firm
Armstrong Teasdale added Associate Kristopher Sabatini to the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group. Sabatini capitalizes on his engineering background to guide clients in the preparation and prosecution…
Lee & Associates expands Chicago-area office brokerage group, launches healthcare division
Lee & Associates expanded its Chicago-area Office Brokerage Group and launched a dedicated Healthcare Real Estate Division. The firm has welcomed three accomplished professionals —…
Vocon’s Sophie Bidek: Inspired by Jefferson, tackling challenges and building a thriving career in architecture
National architectural and design firm Vocon opened a new Chicago office at 730 N. Franklin St. late this year, giving the firm offices in Cleveland,…