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Freelance Writer
| John Bell is a Chicago-based freelance writer who specializes in reporting emerging trends in commercial real estate.
In addition to updates, he has covered major topics including the rise of suburban downtowns as a new market force; the national movement by urban downtowns to green up their environments; and the growing importance of mixed-use developments as the nation swings toward more urbanization. He also reported one of the first designations made of industrial real estate as an emerging asset class preferred by lenders and investors.
Other national publications carrying his articles have included Industry Week, National Real Estate Investor, Real Estate Forum, Midwest Real Estate News, Journal of Property Management and Area Development .
His work history includes major corporate and agency public relations positions at J. Walter Thompson Co., Montgomery Ward, General Motors and Argonne National Laboratory; the latter communicating advances in peacetime atomic energy research and development.
Bell earned a bachelor of science degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He can be reached at bell7287@sbcglobal.net.
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