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6 Commercial Real Estate Trends to Watch in 2022
With 2021 drawing to a close, you might find yourself wondering what 2022 has in store for the world of commercial real estate. While the tumult of 2020 demonstrated that the future is often unforeseeable and nothing is for certain, industry experts can still offer us informed predictions of what the new year will bring, considering issues such as remote and hybrid work, technological advancement, and sustainability.
5 Tips for Brick-and-Mortar Stores Competing With Online Retailers
Whether you need groceries or new jeans, you have the option of buying just about anything online these days. Even before pandemic-related lockdowns, e-commerce experienced steady growth as consumers opted for the convenience of purchasing products over the internet....
5 Mistakes Franchisees Make When Looking for Business Real Estate
Avoid these common mistakes to ensure your next real-estate decision is the right one. As an owner of a franchise, one of the biggest decisions you have to make is finding the right real estate for your business. Successful franchisees are constantly looking for ways...
Investors are Buying up more Commercial Real Estate
In anticipation of a rise in commercial real estate demand, investors are seizing the opportunity to snatch up building vacancies. This change in momentum is due to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announcing anyone who has been fully vaccinated...
How to Invest in Commercial Real Estate
One key factor for successful commercial real estate investing is identifying market trends. The commercial real estate market is quite different than the stock market, but similar investment risks and strategies still apply. RELATED CONTENT Real Estate Investing...
The Revival of Retail
As the Chicagoland area powers through a cold, snowy winter, retail is just beginning to heat back up. With the announcement of COVID vaccines being available to everyone as early as April, the pent-up demand for in-person shopping and dining is just around the...
Chicago’s Industrial Real Estate Market Continues Its Bull Run Through Q3
As the 3 rd Quarter economic reports begin to trickle out, it is becoming increasingly clear that Industrial Real Estate is still performing extremely well. Most of the key demand indicators are up both nationally and across the Chicago metro area, including net...
US Retail Sales Reach Record Highs
Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released the June 2020 U.S. Retail Sales Report which showed great signs of resurgence for the overall Retail sector. Last month, the United States saw the highest single-month increase in retail sales in history. After being down...
Massive Facebook Data Center Set to Open in Dekalb, IL
Last week, Facebook announced that they are set to open a 900,000+ square-foot, $40 million Data Center in Dekalb, Illinois. The data center, Facebook’s 12th in the United States, is being touted as one of “the most advanced, energy- and water-efficient data center...
America Bounces Back
"The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.” ― George WashingtonApril of 2020 was rough for everyone. Overall retail sales sank 14% during the month, and the outlook seemed bleak. However, something amazing happened this past May… With America starting to...
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