trends

Mid-America report: Independent grocers decline, industry shifts to smaller stores

The Chicago grocery sector showed a net loss of nine stores from 2015 to 2017, according to a Mid-America Real estate biennial urban Grocery study…

Adaptive reuse projects in Chicago produce staggering returns

The conversion of industrial properties into creative office projects is a profitable trend just beginning to grow in Chicago, according to a report from Transwestern.

MidwestIndustrial

Five trending areas in the 2015 industrial market

The Chicago industrial market continues to exceed 2015 analysts' predictions. With demand outpacing the peak of 2007 and the market's inability to keep pace, we…

MidwestRetail

ICSC’s Liz Holland says to expect more of these retail trends in 2017

ICSC Chairman, Liz Holland, who immerses herself in retail trends as she travels the globe, expects 2017 to bring unprecedented concept experimentation and new real…