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Chicago's Multifamily Moment and Upper Midwest Investment Opportunity
Walker & Dunlop examines multifamily investment trends in Chicago and the Upper Midwest region.
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Walker & Dunlop examines multifamily investment trends in Chicago and the Upper Midwest region.
Analysis of industrial real estate development activity trends in Chicago as major developers resume project pipelines.
Analysis of Chicago's position in AI employment growth and the implications for the local office real estate market.
Analysis of continued development momentum in Chicago's Fulton Market neighborhood amid broader slowdown in the city's commercial real estate construction activity.
Strong neighborhood retail and small-format leasing prompt a shift in investment strategy.
Chicago's multifamily inventory expanded at the fourth-slowest pace among major markets, with 2026 deliveries falling below 4,000 units for the first time since 2012 and CBD vacancy at its lowest since at least 2006.
The market is showing signs of improvement as smaller properties drive investment momentum.
This is a market report published by CBRE in September 2025 covering data center trends in Chicago and national markets for the first half of 2025.
This is a market report published by Yardi Matrix in July 2025 covering advertised rates in the self-storage sector, with data points for Chicago, Illinois and national markets, documenting a decline in rates.
This is a national self-storage market report published by Yardi Matrix in April 2025 covering multiple U.S. markets including Washington D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and Boston. The report presents data and figures on the self-storage sector.
This is a market report published by Colliers in May 2024 covering the U.S. cold storage sector, with particular focus on Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Atlanta markets. The report examines elevated demand conditions and their effects on vacancy rates and new development in the cold storage sector.
CHICAGO — After years of uncertainty fueled by inflation, rising interest rates and changing consumer behavior, retail real estate has entered a notably different phase. According to JLL’s 2026 U.S. Retail Thematic Outlook and Investor Survey, the sector is no longer in recovery mode — it’s operating from a…
A recent report from Savills details how manufacturing investment, logistics expansion and limited new supply are tightening Chicago’s industrial fundamentals heading into the second half of 2026. Highlights of the report include that vacancy fell to 6.9%, its lowest level in seven quarters and 90 basis points…
Rents Outperform, Occupancy Stands Firm Chicago’s average advertised asking rents increased 0.6%, on a trailing-three-month basis through April, outperforming the national average by 40 basis points, according to the latest Chicago multifamily market report. Year-over-year, the national average was down 20 basis…
Analysis of solar energy adoption and its impact on industrial real estate markets in the Midwest region.
This is a Q1 2026 data report published by CBRE covering office market figures for downtown Chicago. The report presents quantitative metrics and statistics for the Chicago office sector during the first quarter of 2026.
Chicago's industrial market in Q1 2026 exhibited strong leasing activity with new leasing totaling 9.8 million square feet, up 19.2% year-over-year, while the overall vacancy rate rose to 4.8% and asking rents increased 3.5% year-over-year to $7.40 per square foot. Construction activity remained robust with 1.8 million square feet delivered and 13.5 million square feet under construction, up 77.1% year-over-year, and sales momentum accelerated with 15.8 million square feet sold, up 117.6% compared to Q1 2025.
This is a Q1 2026 industrial sector data report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, covering the Chicago market. The item contains figures and metrics related to industrial real estate activity in Chicago and comparative national data.
This is a data and figures report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, presenting first-quarter 2026 office market statistics for the Chicago suburban area.
The Chicago multifamily market achieved 95.0% occupancy by year-end 2025, up 0.1 percentage points year-over-year and above the 10-year average of 93.7%, with effective rents rising 3.7% to $1,913 per unit. The market absorbed 5,130 units in 2025 (down 51.3% year-over-year) while delivering 4,949 units (down 43.1% year-over-year), with 26,845 proposed units in the pipeline and 9,735 units under construction as of Q4 2025.
This is a market report published by Northmarq on December 31, 2025, covering multifamily transaction activity in the Midwest with a focus on Chicago. The report addresses the multifamily residential sector across Chicago, Illinois, and national markets.
This is a market report published by Colliers in March 2026 covering the industrial sector in Chicago, Illinois, with reference to national markets.
This is a quarterly market report published by JLL on March 31, 2026, covering industrial real estate dynamics in the Chicago market during the first quarter of 2026. The report includes geographic focus on Chicago and Illinois with reference to national context.
This is a multifamily market report for Chicago published by Berkadia in the third quarter of 2025. The report covers the Chicago multifamily sector and includes national comparisons.
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Chicago Q4 2025 life sciences market report on lab vacancy, leasing and rents in an emerging cluster.
The downtown Chicago edition tracks leasing, absorption and availability for one of the office markets CBRE and JLL identify as bottoming out.