NAI Hiffman Secures MOB Lease in Northwest Suburban Chicago
Why this matters
Office continues to trade in two distinct markets: trophy assets in walkable submarkets that are leasing at or near record rents, and commodity Class B and C buildings where the basis is still resetting. Underwriting on the latter has moved toward replacement-cost-minus, with credit underwriting now leaning on tenant covenant and remaining lease term rather than mark-to-market expectations. 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. For LP-positioned capital, the read-through is that the bifurcation is now a structural feature of the sector, not a cycle to wait out.
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NAI Hiffman represented Location Finders International (LFI) in an 8,105-square-foot lease with True Health at 1450 Busch Parkway in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The new location in the 64,860-square-foot medical office b…
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