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‘Renewed activity’: 2024 promises clarity in Chicago industrial market after bumpy 2023

Industrial experts across the Chicago area are watching several factors as we transition from a challenging end of 2023 into what looks like a promising…

Investor activity rises for REITs in Chicago

Industrial Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are in high demand in the Midwest. This is true of Chicago especially, partly because of its large population…

The Space Race is on, and this one looks a little different than the last

Industrial is only getting hotter. Chicago's record numbers bode well for many in the industry, but navigating the numerous economic headwinds and resulting competitive climate…

Three predictions for Chicago’s industrial sector

Forecasting the performance of a market or an asset class is nearly futile in the best of times—and 2020 is certainly not the best of…

Change has come to job sites, and more change is yet to come

There was a lot of confusion among construction and development firms in March of this year, as markets and some worksites around the country shut…

Industrial sentiment stays strong as we sail into 2020

There are strong headwinds that may turn the bull real estate market bear, such as a decelerating economy and a simmering trade war. But a…

Amid shifting winds, industrial stands strong in core markets

The economic shores are starting to get frothy, with incoming waves like Chinese tariffs and a downturn market threatening to crash on the beach. Despite…

Missner Group and First Industrial Realty Trust break ground on Aurora industrial property

Joint-development partners The Missner Group and First Industrial Realty Trust broke ground on a 173,000 square foot industrial development at 1998 Melissa Lane in Aurora,…

First Industrial Realty Trust’s Harker: The best time to be in industrial

David Harker has been working in commercial real estate for more than 30 years. So when Harker, executive vice president for the central region of…

Irvine Co. brings three leases totalling 45,000 SF to Chicago’s One N. Wacker

Irvine Company Office Properties has leased a total of 44,458 square feet at One N. Wacker Drive, a 51-story tower in Chicago's Loop. The leases…

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