In honor of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games being held in PyeongChang, South Korea CBRE Research has awarded medals in six categories based off of data provided for the Midwest 2017 Trends Report. See the rankings of retail markets below:

 
CBRE Research awards the following markets medals for Agency Favorability:
Source: CBRE Research, Q4 2017. Figures based off of lowest to highest direct vacancy rates.

 
CBRE Research awards the following markets medals for Occupier Favorability:
Source: CBRE Research, Q4 2017. Figures based off of highest to lowest direct vacancy rates.

 
CBRE Research awards the following markets medals for Most Affordable:
Source: CBRE Research, Q4 2017. Figures based off lowest to highest direct asking rates, NNN per sq. ft.

 
CBRE Research awards the following markets medals for Largest Growth:
Source: CBRE Research, Q4 2017. Figures based off the total sq. ft. of new construction completions in 2017.


 
CBRE Research awards the following markets medals for Busiest Market:
Source: CBRE Research, Q4 2017. Figures based off the total sq. ft. of under construction projects in Q4 2017.
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CBRE | North Central Research
800 LaSalle Avenue | Suite 1900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
T +1 952 924 4810 | Allyn.Thorpe@cbre.com

 
 
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