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Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
CHICAGO—In this <B>UPDATE</B> to Monday's story , Bridge Development will launch a speculative industrial project adjacent to its build-to-suit for Freeman.
CHICAGO—Speculative projects have started rising throughout the metropolitan area, and now Central DuPage County has one as well.
INDIANAPOLIS—The California-based company has decided that Indianapolis' burgeoning distribution market is worth a little risk.
CHICAGO—The increase in mortgage interest rates has not dampened enthusiasm for homeownership.
CHICAGO—The Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul says second quarter home prices in Cook County are up 9% over last year and in the city the numbers look even better.
DETROIT—The advent of bankruptcy does not seem to have slowed down the flow of office users into the CBD, says Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.
NORTHBROOK, IL—The available single tenant net lease properties remain very attractive to investors across the Midwest and the nation.
CHICAGO—The leaders of the new firm hail most recently from Marcus & Millichap and believe investors and operators should view seniors housing and medical office buildings as siblings.
WICHITA, KS—Value Place, the Kansas-based provider of affordable, extended-stay hotel suites says both bank financing and equity have become available again, and will spark a national construction boom.
CHICAGO-In this <B>UPDATE</B> to a June story, Urban Innovations, a Chicago real estate firm with a mission, says they have made progress leasing up a pair of Greektown buildings.

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