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An In-Depth Look at Commercial to Residential Conversions—Part 10 This is the 10th installment in our in-depth series on commercial to residential conversions. In Part 7, we discussed how the number of office to residential conversions has skyrocketed over the last four years, from 12,100... Read More »
GlobeSt. Names Realogic One of 2025’s Best Places to Work In Commercial Real Estate We’re very proud and excited to announce that GlobeSt., a leading source of commercial real estate news and content, has named Realogic one of 2025’s Best Places to Work in Commercial... Read More »
An In-Depth Look at Commercial to Residential Conversions—Part 9 Welcome to part 9 in our on-going series on commercial to residential conversions, a commercial real estate trend that has been gaining momentum over the past decade, especially since the height of the pandemic five years... Read More »
An In-Depth Look at Commercial to Residential Conversions—Part 8 This is the eighth installment in our on-going look at commercial to residential conversions. We hope you’re enjoying the series and find it insightful. In Part 7, we provided an update on office to residential conversions... Read More »
A Quick Look Back When we first started researching and writing about commercial to residential conversions three years ago, the concept had just started garnering widespread attention, both in and out of commercial real estate circles. The COVID-19 pandemic had devastated most commercial real estate... Read More »
The return of Donald Trump to the White House brings a new set of policy shifts that could significantly reshape the commercial real estate (CRE) landscape. Industry surveys indicate that an overwhelming majority of real estate investors expect the election outcome to directly impact their... Read More »
The Return To Office: Stabilizing Commercial Real Estate and the Rise of Tenant Amenities The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically shifted the landscape of commercial real estate, with widespread remote work and flexible office policies leading to concerns about rising office vacancy rates. However, recent trends suggest... Read More »
Technological Advances Transforming Commercial Real Estate Office Operations in 2024 The commercial real estate (CRE) office sector is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by advancements in technology and evolving market dynamics. Property owners and managers face the challenge of balancing cost reductions with the need to... Read More »
Realogic CEO Jim Pettinger Inducted into The Midwest Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame Congratulations to Realogic CEO Jim Pettinger for his recent induction into the Midwest Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame. Pettinger was officially enshrined this week as a member of the Hall... Read More »
Chicago: A World-Class City and Commercial Real Estate Hot Bed Realogic’s offices are located in downtown Chicago and one of the many, many great things about that—in addition to being surrounded by world-class museums, restaurants and nightspots, music, art, theater, parks and architecture—is that we’re... Read More »
Integrating Historical and Forecast Data in Commercial Real Estate Models At Realogic, we dedicate significant resources to creating user-friendly Excel models that address a variety of our clients’ commercial real estate needs at both the asset and portfolio levels. These models range from acquisitions, development, and... Read More »
The second notable Midwest commercial real estate project we’re going to profile in our CRE Spotlight series is the redevelopment of iconic retailer Sears’ former corporate campus in Hoffman Estates, IL into a massive datacenter park, a project that got underway in June 2024 and... Read More »
See Our Ready to Use Excel Model for Commercial Real Estate Development in Action As they say, seeing is believing, so we created a fast-moving, two-part product tour of our ready to use Excel model for commercial real estate development so you can see many... Read More »
We’re beyond proud to announce that Crain’s Chicago Business, a leading local business publication, has included two of Realogic’s senior leaders, our CEO Jim Pettinger and President Sal Caldarone, in its 2024 Notable Commercial Real Estate Leaders issue. Crain’s published the eagerly awaited issue on... Read More »
Ensuring Investment Success: Comprehensive Due Diligence Strategies for Commercial Real Estate – Part 6 This is the sixth and final installment in our in-depth series on due diligence strategies for commercial real estate. In this post, we discuss technology and infrastructure diligence. Technology and infrastructure diligence... Read More »