Industrial Real Estate (242)
What Socializing Really Means in Knowledge Work & Does It Matter?
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.In knowledge work, socializing is often mislabeled. It is framed as culture, camaraderie, or a soft benefit layered on top of “real” productivity. That framing misses the point. Socialization is not […]
Is Mass Timber Is the Future of Commercial Buildings with Justin Den Herder – RFP 85
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.Mass timber has moved from architectural eye candy to a serious contender in commercial development. On this episode of The Real Finds Podcast, I sat down with Justin Den Herder, structural […]
Zurich Buys Live Nation’s Fulton Market Office for 18 Million Dollars
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.Zurich North America has deepened its investment footprint in Chicago’s Office Market with its reported 18 million dollar acquisition of Live Nation’s Fulton Market offices, a move that underscores how the […]
What’s Fueling Industrial Outdoor Storage Deals With Andrew Wiesemann – RFP 83
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.The Real Finds Podcast: Why Industrial Outdoor Storage Is Becoming the Most Misunderstood Opportunity in Commercial Real Estate Every so often, The Real Finds Podcast brings on a guest who reframes […]
Rivian’s Northbrook Expansion: How a New Sales & Service Center Could Reshape Local Commercial Real Estate
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.Rivian’s plan to open a new sales and service center in Northbrook marks another strategic step in the rise of EV-focused real estate across Chicagoland. According to recent filings, the EV […]
How Could Waymo Reshape Chicago’s Commercial Real Estate Market?
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.Waymo’s effort to bring autonomous robotaxis to Illinois has prompted statewide debate about safety, liability, and legislative authority. But beneath the political conversation lies another, equally important question for owners, developers, […]
Glenview’s Caremark Towers Office To Industrial Conversion Signals a Structural Market Shift
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.The planned redevelopment of the Caremark Towers at 2211 Sanders Road is more than another distressed-office repositioning. It’s an empirical case study in how capital is reallocating across suburban Chicago as the […]
The Office Crisis & Why Work Feels Broken With Cali Williams Yost – RFP 84
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.For nearly five years, boardrooms across America have been stuck in the same argument: How do we get people back to the office?Policies have been written, rewritten, enforced, rolled back, and […]
What a $700 Million Refinancing on Wacker Drive Really Signals for the Chicago Office Market
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.In a downtown office market still defined by uncertainty, the news that a joint venture is lining up a $700 million refinancing for the tower at 300 S. Wacker Drive is […]
Garage Condos Are Coming to Lake Zurich And They Could Reshape The Market
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.Lake Zurich’s approval of a 21-acre luxury “garage condo” campus at Rand Road and Telser Road (near 905 Rand Rd, Lake Zurich, IL) may look like a niche real estate headline. […]
The Rise Of Industrial Outdoor Storage (IOS) As An Asset Class?
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.Why Industrial Outdoor Storage Is Surging In Chicago https://www.vvco.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/What-Is-Driving-The-Industrial-Outdoor-Storage-Market.mp4 The Rise Of IOS As A Core Industrial Asset Class Industrial outdoor storage is becoming one of the most important and supply-constrained […]
The Split in Chicagoland’s Industrial Market: Why Small-Bay Is Tight and Big-Box Is Soft
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.Over the last decade, Chicago has built more industrial space than almost any metro in the country. Developers lined I-55, I-80, and I-90 with logistics giants: half-million-square-foot warehouses, 40-foot clear heights, […]
Is Fear Driving Your Return To Office Strategy
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.Look around, and it is clear that the conversation about returning to the office is no longer about public health. It is about power, culture, cost, and career risk. Underneath all […]
As Cook County’s Property Taxes Rise 16% So Do Doom Loop Fears
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.How Can Investors & Occupiers Protect Themselves From Cook County’s Rising Property Taxes? Chicago’s commercial and residential property markets just experienced their most dramatic tax shift in decades. Residential property tax […]
Making a Workspace for a Gen Z Workforce: What Modern Companies Need to Know
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.No generation has entered the workforce with more expectations, more digital fluency, or more influence than Gen Z. Born roughly between 1997 and 2012, they now make up a growing share […]
How To Right-Size Your Office Without Crushing Culture With Prof. Alana Dunoff – RFP 82
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.What Kindergarten Can Teach Us About Office Design When you think about the modern workplace, kindergarten probably isn’t the first model that comes to mind. Yet according to Alana F. Dunoff, […]
The Midwest Rebalance: Industrial Winners and Losers With Xander Snyder – RFP 81
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.When the industrial market peaked in 2022, nearly 800 million square feet of space was under construction across the U.S.—the largest development pipeline in history. Two years later, that wave has […]
Chicago’s First Vertical Warehouse Hits the Market… Empty. What It Means for Industrial Real Estate?
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.Chicago’s First Vertical Warehouse Hits the Market — Empty. What It Means for Industrial Real Estate When Logistics Property Company broke ground on Chicago’s first multi-story industrial warehouse, the project was […]
Oregon Investor Snaps Up 125 S. Wacker Drive for 64% Less Than Pre-Pandemic Price
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.125 S. Wacker Drive Buyer Betting on a Chicago Office Comeback The next chapter of Chicago’s downtown office market is being written by contrarians. Last week, Menashe Properties, a Portland, Oregon–based […]
401 S. State Street Sold Out of Distress, Setting Stage for Possible Office Conversion
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.Office Conversion Ahead For 401 S. State Street In Chicago A new chapter is opening for one of the Loop’s oldest landmarks. A venture led by Marc Calabria, a Bloomingdale-based businessman […]
How CEOs View The 2026 Economic Outlook & Return To Office With Joe Galvin RFP – 80
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.What CEOs Really Want in 2025: Certainty, Skills, and a Smarter Office When the economy wobbles, tariffs shift overnight, and AI tools promise to do tomorrow what entire departments do today, […]
Amazon’s Job Cuts and the Future of the Office: From Open Floor Plans to Executive Command Centers
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.Amazon’s Job Cuts and the Future of the Office: From Open Floor Plans to Executive Command Centers When Amazon announced another 14,000 job cuts this week and hinted that they’re not […]
Coordinating A Move-In for Your Subtenant
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList. Coordinating a Subtenant Move-In: A Complete Playbook Securing a subtenant is an important milestone in a lease cycle, but the move-in process is where expectations are either confirmed or disappointed. […]
400 S. LaSalle Office Conversion Continues The Chicago Data Center Boom
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.Downtown Chicago Office Flip Highlights Data Center Gold Rush at 400 S. LaSalle A year after trading hands for just $12 million, the former headquarters of Cboe Global Markets at has […]
As Labor Leverage Decreases National Office Occupancy Surges
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.The Labor Leverage Ratio and the Chicago Office Market’s Next Chapter Everyone in commercial real estate is still staring at vacancy rates, waiting for a magic signal that office is “back.” […]
50% Faster, 10% Cheaper: Factory-Built Housing That Pencils With Rory Rubin – RFP 79
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList.When most people hear “container home,” they picture a rusty shipping box dropped in a field somewhere. But in Chicagoland, Rory Rubin, founder and CEO of SI Container Builds, is proving […]
Assessing Telecom and Internet Services in Office Spaces
Author: Gordon Lamphere This post originally appeared on Van Vlissingen Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to blog with us on theBrokerList. Reliable telecom and internet services are foundational to modern business operations. Whether you’re leasing a single office or a multi-floor headquarters, evaluating these services before signing a lease ensures uninterrupted […]
