October 2023 Market Update
U.S. commercial property prices resumed their decline in Q3 as interest rates once thought to be inconceivable have become the norm, and will likely continue for at least the next 24 months. Retail rent has increased 11% since the end of 2019 and 4% over the past year as retailers enjoy surging sales amid limited [...]
September 2023 Market Update
The challenges facing the office market are broad, and especially pronounced at high-profile buildings in the largest urban markets. National office vacancy hit a record 13% in Q3 2023. Downtown office attendance is at half of its pre-pandemic level, based on keycard data. On a bright note, suburban office properties showed exceptionally robust net cash [...]
August 2023 Market Update
In the industrial market, net absorption is 30% below pre-pandemic levels. New construction will likely outpace tenant demand for at least another two or three quarters. Industrial rent growth has begun to decelerate from a peak rate of 12% in mid-2022 to 8.5% as of mid-2023. Still, the industrial market remains strong in nearly all [...]
May 2023 Market Update
Rising interest rates, low rent growth, and banking turmoil have dramatically slowed CRE investment volume. Commercial real estate investment decreased by 57% YOY in Q1. As a result, commercial prices have declined by 15% Year-over-Year as of May. Large players with cash on hand, however, have enjoyed the luxury of continuing to invest via all-cash [...]
November 2022 Market Update
Warehouse demand is cooling down from red hot to medium hot. Industrial vacancy ticked up in the third quarter from 3% to 3.2%, as developers completed a record 148 million square feet. Warehouse tenants occupied 108 million square feet in the quarter, down 18% from the prior three months, in the first national quarterly decline [...]
May 2022 Market Update
The industrial sector is booming. 40 million SF more space has been leased than vacated over the past year in the Chicago industrial market, nearly double the previous record for absorption. Chicago-area vacancy is just 4.4% overall. From Q1 2020, industrial prices are up 30% and industrial rents are up 20%. Retail monthly leasing activity [...]
March 2022 Market Update
The multifamily market appears poised for another solid year in 2022, although it’s unlikely to match 2021’s exceptional performance. Some $166 billion of multifamily transactions were completed in 2021, up 75% from 2020. After asking rents rose 13.5% nationally in 2021, rent growth will probably be closer to 5% in 2022. With occupancy rates near [...]
October 2021 Market Update
Strong demand for apartments has driven rent back up to pre-pandemic levels in Chicagoland. In the second quarter, tenants rented 10,000 additional units, the most in ten 10 years. The rental activity was concentrated in the suburbs, as households continued to seek larger, lower-cost apartments. The average rent in Chicagoland is $1,550/month, and the average [...]
September 2021 Market Update
There is no end in sight for the post-COVID industrial real estate boom. Chicagoland industrial vacancy fell to 6.2% in Q2, as tenants leased more than 15 million SF - the most ever in a single quarter. Net absorption and new construction have also surpassed all previous market records. Nationally, the average asking price for [...]
August 2021 Market Update
Chicago's industrial market is hot, primarily due to the exponential growth of e-commerce. Over 28 million SF of space has been filled over the past year alone, a historical high. Market rents increased nearly 6% year over year. Average industrial values in Chicago rose to $80/SF, an annual increase of more than 6%. The apartment [...]
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