In DuPage, office vacancies remain elevated while industrial demand and data centers reshape the market.

In this episode of DuPage Business Beat, host Greg Bedalov sits down with Jim Adler and Mark Moran, Executive Vice Presidents at NAI Hiffman, to discuss what is happening across Chicagoland’s commercial real estate market. Suburban offices continue to face high vacancy and limited new investment, while industrial properties remain comparatively stable. Growing demand for data centers, driven by AI growth and power availability, is influencing new development decisions across the region.

Greg and his guests dive in and discuss capital markets, office supply challenges, rent trends, and property repositioning strategies. They also examine whether current conditions reflect a typical real estate cycle or a longer-term shift i ...