January is survey season at Stone Real Estate and it’s officially in full swing!
Each January, the Stone Real Estate team tracks and analyzes over 17M SF of retail space across Chicago’s key urban retail corridors, including:
• The Loop
• Magnificent Mile
• River North
• Gold Coast
• Fulton Market
• North & Clybourn
• Armitage/Damen/Southport
We've completed the Loop Survey which was released by Crain's Chicago Business on Jan 28. Please call John Vance or William Winter to discuss the trends we have identified for these markets.
https://stonerealestate.com/loop-retail-vacancy-drops-for-the-second-year-in-a-row/
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Sources: Loop Retail Vacancy Drops for the Second Year in a Row - Stone Real Estate