CHICAGO—The vacancy rate keeps dropping, absorption is on the verge of hitting a peak, and expanding tech firms are just one part of the story, according to MBRE.

ST. LOUIS—Brett Chetek was most recently a SVP at CBRE, but has decided to rejoin his old firm, and brings a large retail portfolio with him.

ST. LOUIS—Over the next 12 months, 38 tenants that need more than 25K SF of space will be in the market for new space, and there are few remaining class A suburban offices that fit the bill, according to JLL.

KANSAS CITY—Although vacancy had increased during the second quarter due to the huge amount of new spec construction delivered, this time users absorbed space faster than it hit the market.

CHICAGO—The state's shrinking inventory has helped buoy prices and cut down the time homes are on the market.

CHICAGO—The US industrial vacancy rate just hit its lowest point in more than a decade, and C&W's John Morris says there are reasons to be optimistic that the recovery will continue for some time.

CHICAGO—In the past two years, the Canadian REIT has assembled a Chicago-area portfolio with more than 2-million-square-feet.

YOUNGSTOWN, OH—The company has been located in Youngstown since 1949, but has decided to build a new, state-of-the-art corporate headquarters in suburban Niles.