Burlington, Planet Fitness Sign Leases Totaling 45,000 SF at Joffco Square in Chicago
Why this matters
Retail has become a quiet outperformer. A decade of effectively zero new development has left necessity-driven, grocery-anchored, and Sun Belt strip product with negligible vacancy and re-leasing spreads in the high single digits. Cap rates have compressed in step, and the bid for stabilized portfolios is again broad across REITs, pension funds, and institutional core-plus capital. Chicago capital flow has been concentrated in industrial along the I-55 and I-80 corridors and in the most select downtown trophy office submarkets. Multifamily transaction volume has moved up in the Near North and West Loop. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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On the RET wire
- The 19th Chicago story tracked on the wire in September 2026. All Chicago coverage →
- Disclosed retail deal value tracked in September 2026: $5.7B across 97 reported transactions. All Retail coverage →
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CHICAGO — Burlington and Planet Fitness have singed long-term leases totaling roughly 45,000 square feet at Joffco Squre in Chicago. Nassimi Realty has brought the urban retail center from 50 percent occupancy to full…
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