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Seen as recession-proof and e-commerce resistant, the sector is a target for a wide variety of buyers.

In an annual survey, it streched out its lead over second-place San Francisco.

The Indianapolis region now has an unemployment rate of just 3.2%, and many other metros are just as tight.

Strong fundamentals played a role, but lenders have also eased the way for many deals.

CBRE reports that the O'Hare industrial market remains one of the region's tightest sectors, with a very low vacancy of 2.1%, well below the market average of 3.6%.

The companies value the US multifamily sector at more than $3 trillion and say that it has delivered higher and less volatile returns than most major US real estate sectors during the past 25 years.

It's been a year of expansion for the Institute of Real Estate Management, and Don Wilkerson has the evidence to prove it.

Currently vacant warehouses can provide attractive, large blocks of space at a discount to new construction.