Core Spaces opens 6,000 new student beds in 6 developments
Why this matters
Multifamily has been the most actively underwritten sector through the rate cycle, with cap rate compression resuming in Sun Belt and gateway markets as 2024-2025 deliveries roll off and refinance demand on 2021-vintage bridge loans clears. Transaction velocity is up modestly, concentrated in stabilized Class A and grocery-adjacent garden assets. 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. Allocators continue to favor residential for its income durability and its insulation from secular demand questions that still hang over commercial sectors.
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On the RET wire
- The 93rd Chicago story tracked on the wire in August 2026. All Chicago coverage →
- Disclosed multifamily deal value tracked in August 2026: $11.7B across 136 reported transactions. All Multifamily coverage →
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The Chicago-based real estate developer said it finished all the projects ahead of schedule and has another 54,000 beds in development at Tier 1 university markets across the country.
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