As Chicago’s industrial space market-watchers chronicle how tenants occupy — and vacate — their leased or owned spaces, they also have a front-row seat to witness how employment growth and losses drive a metropolitan area’s economic engine. Since the start of 2024, Chicago’s manufacturing jobs increased by roughly 2%, or 6,000 jobs, while transportation and warehousing jobs fell by just over 1%, or approximately 3,000 jobs, year over year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Hiring and leasing have inched up in Chicago's manufacturing industry through 2024
City of Big Shoulders freights producers’ goods during time of distribution uncertainties
By Rhea Stephen
CoStar Analytics
December 16, 2024 | 9:14 P.M.
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