More people are discovering Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, and with good reason. The neighborhood’s convenient location, public amenities like the planned El Paseo trail, and relative affordability have fueled multifamily investment activity — as well as concerns over gentrification. So, how do you promote investment while avoiding displacement? That was the focus of a story Taylor Johnson pitched to Bisnow on behalf of client Interra Realty. In the resulting article, Interra’s Ted Stratman and Jeremy Morton, who have sold more than 30 properties in Pilsen in recent years, discussed how a boots-on-the-ground approach informs a more community-minded investment strategy, helping to preserve both housing affordability and neighborhood authenticity. Read the story here.

Ted Stratman and Jeremy Morton from Interra Realty talked to Bisnow about lessons learned from brokering small- and mid-sized multifamily transactions in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.