First Hospitality Group finds a niche: Turning historic buildings into...
The former Federal Building in Omaha will soon open as a modern hotel. Rosemont, Ill.-based First Hospitality Group is doing its part to rejuvenate the downtowns of cities across the Midwest,...
View ArticleTCN Worldwide Conference: The changing face of retail
Specialty grocer Whole Foods is a good example of how retailers have adapted to the changing shopping habits of their customers. Just ask Taylor LeMaster, senior director with CASE Commercial Real...
View ArticleDTZ Study: Overseas investors ready to sink money into U.S. commercial...
Commercial properties in the United States are becoming ever more attractive to overseas investors. Commercial property owners looking for some good news got some earlier this month: They should expect...
View ArticleDLA Piper: CRE executives optimistic about next 12 months
Jay Epstien A vast majority of the country’s top commercial real estate executives say that commercial real estate activity — leases, purchases and new construction — will increase during the next 12...
View ArticleOutpatient care invades our neighborhoods: How the Affordable Care Act...
Guest post by John Tufano, Roetzel & Andress John Tufano The future of healthcare delivery calls for doctors and hospitals to pool resources to reduce spending and improve the overall quality of...
View ArticleThe Biggest Loser targets Midwest with opening of new resort in Chicago suburbs
The swimming pool at the new Biggest Loser Resort in Itasca, Ill. The Biggest Loser isn’t just a TV show — albeit an extremely popular one — on NBC. No, it’s an entire weight-loss and fitness empire....
View ArticleColliers’ chief economist: Industrial growth in Midwest no short-term thing
KC Conway Colliers International found something interesting in its most recent industrial report: Midwest markets are leading the way when it comes to industrial activity. Colliers’ first quarter 2013...
View ArticleBOMA/Chicago’s mid-year review: Office activity in city is rising … just not...
Speakers share their thoughts on the Chicago office market at BOMA/Chicago’s mid-year review. Here’s the good news from the BOMA/Chicago Mid-Year Market Review: Office real estate activity in Chicago...
View ArticleCassidy Turley office report: Second quarter brought good news for several...
The office market is improving across the Midwest and the country. It’s easy to see the improvements in the multi-family and industrial markets. You can even see it in the retail sector, with new...
View ArticleMortenson Construction helps Chicago-area library thrive in the age of iPads...
The inside of the newly renovated Deerfield Public Library. Greg Werner remembers the library renovation his company, Mortenson Construction, tackled 10 years for the village of Tinley Park, a suburb...
View ArticleBMO Harris white paper: How CRE borrowers can raise capital while lowering...
Dan Hampton by Dan Rafter Here’s the challenge for commercial real estate borrowers: CRE portfolios are increasingly complex. Many of the largest contain a mix of property types. Some are spread out...
View ArticleIs the recovery of the commercial real estate market overblown?
There’s plenty of new development, but how healthy is the CRE market? by Dan Rafter The reports all say that commercial real estate activity is on the rise. So do most of the brokers, developers and...
View ArticleTo build or not to build: the speculative question
Tim Thompson Guest post by Tim Thompson, HSA Commercial Real Estate Initiating a speculative development is not for those afraid of taking risks. The margin for error for these types of projects is...
View ArticleBakken Summit message: It’s an industry, not a boom
by Dan Rafter It’s an industry, not a boom. That was the message from Tom Rolfstad during the Opportunities in North Dakota and the Bakken Chicago Summit held yesterday. Rolfstad, executive director of...
View ArticleBreitling’s Faulkner: Still plenty of opportunity in the Bakken for CRE...
The latest map of the Bakken region by the USGS. by Dan Rafter Chris Faulkner knows there are skeptics who think that the towns surrounding the oil-rich Bakken area of North Dakota are growing too...
View ArticleArbor’s Mike Jehle: Financing available for multi-family developers — for the...
by Dan Rafter There is good news for the developers of multi-family projects: It continues to get easier to qualify for financing. But that good news comes with a big caveat: Developers need to have...
View ArticleOperating in the dark: How real estate professionals can prepare for...
Bob Kenyon Guest post by Bob Kenyon, Executive Vice President, Atlas Oil August 14 will mark the 10-year anniversary of the 2003 Northeast Blackout that left about 50 million people in North America...
View ArticleThe Weidt Group: Owners, developers taking a closer look at energy efficiency
The Weidt Group helped the recently opened KONE Centre in Moline, Ill., meet its energy goals. by Dan Rafter Jeanne Huntsman and Lauren Huynh know just how much it can cost owners to operate an...
View ArticlePodolsky Circle/CORFAC International’s Adler: Suburban Chicago CRE market on...
1755 Park Street in Naperville, Ill., part of a portfolio that Podolsky Circle recently purchased. Midwest Real Estate News recently spoke with Alissa Adler, principal with Riverwoods, Ill.-based...
View ArticleRealtyTrac: Foreclosure activity rises in July, but still down from a year ago
by Dan Rafter RealtyTrac’s July 2013 foreclosure report showed that foreclosures still remained a significant part of the housing market. That’s not great news for the economy. But in better news,...
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