With its first office-to-housing project done, Chicago advances ‘next chapter’ for its downtown
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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- The 102nd Chicago story tracked on the wire in September 2026. All Chicago coverage →
- Disclosed multifamily deal value tracked in September 2026: $11.5B across 137 reported transactions. All Multifamily coverage →
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The adaptive reuse project in the city's Loop has 117 mixed-income residential units. More conversions are in the pipeline.
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