By Chris Wood In neighborhoods across Chicago, concessions are starting to take hold. After several years of meteoric rent growth—from the downtown high-rises to midtown podium walk-ups to the single-family-for-rent outer rings, the fourth quarter of 2022 witnessed a full stop to one of the best net operating income and

By Kyle Backer After the pain of the Great Recession, Arizona resolved to reinvent and diversify its industrial landscape to create a more resilient economy and put itself on the path to becoming a Tier 1 market. No single person or entity can take sole credit for this shift in

By Erik Sherman The explanations have been all lined up. During the pandemic, people and their families that were cramped in apartments while working and studying from home decided enough was enough. They needed more space. People who could now work from anywhere decided, “Why not?” And they moved to

By Jad Malaeb In 1956, the world witnessed perhaps the greatest twist to a corporate tale in history. After several years in partnership with the McDonald’s brothers, Ray Kroc had little to show for his efforts. His salesmanship had guided him into the growing McDonald’s fast food business and earned

By Juliette Rihl Arizona needs more housing — fast. To build it, state and local governments must loosen their zoning laws, generate more political will and expand government funding, developers say. A newly released report from Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy examines the obstacles that Arizona’s housing