The volume of high-rise condo projects recently underway or proposed in Chicago is influencing developers to open sales offices up to four years in advance of a development’s completion.
In early April, Chicago-based Magellan Development Group and Dalian Wanda Group of China will open a sales office for their 93-story, mixed-use Vista Tower, which is slated for initial occupancy sometime in 2020.
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