Chicago & Midwest + Industrial | September 19, 2018

Spec Industrial is on the Rise, And So is Demand (Video)

(Second of two parts)

Chicago’s industrial sector is among the busiest in the nation, from the standpoint of both leasing and development. Although build-to-suit projects are common, they’re not the rule, and Colliers International’s Jim Carris sees the pace of speculative development rising to meet demand.

In the video interview above, Carris provides his take on the current supply/demand dynamic. Executive Managing Director and Market Leader for the Chicago region, Carris also charts the regional initiatives that Colliers is undertaking to serve its clients better.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 13-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 15-20 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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