Katharine Carlon
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Foundation Led By Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan Selects Chicago For $250M Biotech Hub
The Chicago hub will be the second U.S. biotech hub funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. → Read More
Chicago Mayoral Runoff Will Be A Study In Contrasts For CRE As Lightfoot Is Iced Out
The remaining Chicago mayoral candidates have starkly different takes on CRE-related policy. → Read More
Bears Close On Arlington Heights Property As Soldier Field's Prospects Dim
Chicago's NFL football team has taken another major step toward moving to the suburbs. → Read More
Nominations Open For Chicago Women Leaders Setting The Bar In CRE
This year's Chicago Women Leading Real Estate event honors game-changers and deal-makers. → Read More
Owners Of Chicago Board Of Trade Building Walk Away As Distress Takes Highest-Profile Victim To Date
Developer R2 has been hired by new owner Apollo Capital Management to seek new office tenants and explore other uses for the iconic building. → Read More
Study Of Chicago Investment Reveals 'Starkly Segregated City’
Chicago is segregated by race and income when it comes to investment. → Read More
PR Firm Cision To Halve Space, Move Chicago HQ To West Loop
Cision's move to trim its footprint illustrates two trends: Companies downsizing as hybrid work becomes the norm and seeking out cheaper sublease space. → Read More
Homeowners To Shoulder Bulk Of This Year’s Property Tax Increase As Chicago CRE Gets A Breather
Assessor Fritz Kaegi vowed to put more tax onus on the city's historically undervalued commercial property market. That's not how it worked out this year. → Read More
Hudson Valley Property Group Expands Affordable Housing Mission To Chicago With $61M Acquisition
A four-building Bronzeville acquisition marks the company's first foray in Chicago as it seeks to expand into the Midwest. → Read More
Development Goes Mega In Chicago, And So Does The Effort In Getting It Done
More than 41M SF str set to come online in the next 10-20 years, thanks to just three massive developments. → Read More
Bally's Inks $500M Sale-Leaseback Deal For Chicago Casino Site
Bally's has raised almost a third of the capital needed for the $1.7B project through its deal with Oak Street Real Estate Capital. → Read More
Chicago Industrial Is Finally Building In Some Breathing Room As Vacancy Edges Up
Supply is beginning to meet demand in Chicago, with 63 big-box industrial buildings, or about 31.5M SF, under construction. → Read More
Transwestern Reportedly To Acquire Chicago-Based MBRE
The deal is part of a commercial real estate industry consolidation trend that has seen smaller firms swallowed up by larger ones. → Read More
Neighbors Up In Arms Over Sale Of Former ‘Transformers’ Movie Site To Controversial Industrialist
Neighbors of Damen Silos are protesting its $6.25M sale to an asphalt company they have tangled with before. → Read More
Navigating ‘Impassable Roads’: How Houston Women In The C-Suite Are Leading CRE
Meet the leaders shaping Houston's commercial real estate industry. → Read More
Brazilian Billionaire Named In Lawsuit Over Sinking Chicago Shopping Center
A multimillion-dollar suit has been filed against a Brazilian chain store magnate whose shopping center was built on a landfill and has been sinking ever since. → Read More
Demand For Flexible Workspace Begins To Tick Up Despite A Down Year For Chicago
Demand from users seeking 25 or more desks is up 33% in the second half of 2022. → Read More
Fertitta Doubles Down On Vegas Strip With 6.1% Stake In Wynn Resorts
On the heels of approval for his own Strip project, Tilman Fertitta has become the second-largest investor in Wynn Resorts. Wynn stock jumped 10% on the news. → Read More
Chicago’s Industrial Supply Problem Could Linger Longer Than Expected
Tight supply could get tighter if economic headwinds grow stronger. → Read More
‘Massive Compression Play’ Begins Unrolling In Houston Office Market
Two and a half years after the pandemic began, office downscaling has begun in earnest. → Read More