A recent survey of real estate investors doesn’t give Chicago much respect, but at least the place is more popular than Hartford and Buffalo. The Chicago-area market ranks 48th out of the 80 largest U.S. real estate markets in PWC’s annual “Emerging Trends in Real Estate” survey. That’s up one place from last year, but down from 2017, when it ranked 42nd, and 2016, when it ranked 19th.

The full PWC report is linked here.

“Once you start seeing dispensaries pop up on pinnacle real estate corners in Chicago, it’s going to have a real impact on culture and it’s going to bring a whole new set of folks into the space.”

Investors welcomed the opportunity to meet and hear directly from Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, but they remain hungry to see the details of how she will tackle an $838 million deficit.