Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Why We Overbuild 1
4. PART 1. Real Estate Speculations
5. 1 The Rhythm of Urban Redevelopment 15
6. 2 Fast Money Builds the Speculative City 38
7. 3 Out with the Old: How Professional Practices Construct the Desire for New Construction 63
8. PART 2. Chicago in the 2000s
9. 4 Downtown Chicago’s Millennial Boom 91
10. 5 Who Overbuilt Chicago? 126
11. 6 Making the Market for Chicago’s New Skyscrapers 156
12. PART 3. Building the Future
13. 7 The Slow Build 187
14. Epilogue: Why We Will Continue to Overbuild 210
15. Appendix 215
16. Acknowledgments 217
17. Notes 221
18. Index 273