Demand for cloud services, social media and other needs has sparked a building boom

The biggest constraint toward moving forward on new projects is land availability.

A slight uptick in the national vacancy rate will not give investors much pause.

Locating underpriced workforce housing can be difficult, but once found, rents can be raised by as much as 20% without losing occupancy.

The hotel sector is now in the midst of its longest period of growth ever recorded, and that also means its awash in capital.

The downtown is still healthy, but may have reached a plateau while neighborhood development near train lines is taking off.

River North has dominated the downtown market, but in the next 18 months attention will shift south.

Seen as recession-proof and e-commerce resistant, the sector is a target for a wide variety of buyers.