Midwest

Three trends are driving the Chicago office market: continued relocations to the CBD from the suburbs, the rapid growth of co-working and the emergence of former fringe locations.

National distributors look upon the region as an indispensable link in their supply chains.

Many investors work extra hard to find properties that provide higher yields, and Chicago-area properties tend to land at the top of their wish lists.

Co-working space in retail properties will grow at a rate of 25% annually through 2023 reaching approximately 3.4 million square feet.

Freddie Mac is very competitive with its ten-year offering in the affordable single-family rental home space.

With limited developable land and a critical need for more industrial space, industrial developers are getting used to building on difficult sites.

Especially valuable are buildings near dense populations, diverse labor pools and major thoroughfares.

It also would like the company to pursue REIT status.