As the 10th largest media market we have all major sports leagues, arts & theater, great schools, major and stable corporate employers like 3M, Target, Best Buy, Honeywell, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, St Jude Medical, Cummins, and many more. 

My town has a population of about 35k with a wal mart, a mall with a movie theater, and some major stores.

With no defined plan for finding work or a place to live they took work where they could find it.By the time I was 7, I was a full-time janitor cleaning 5 movie theaters in the greater Chicago area working the graveyard shift, school followed every shift.

You gotta have something that no other house has. indoor pool, huge garage, movie theater, tennis court, etc...

Lots of government projects are on going like theaters.

While these policies are good political theater, most reasonable people acknowledge they are not beneficial to tenants or landlords in the long term.While these regulations present additional risk that need to be accounted for when conducting your due diligence, to me the fundamentals of investing real estate continue to look good long term. 

You might also consider offering passes or tickets to local attractions, such as theaters, museums, and nearby Joshua Tree National Park.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1212966/New-Charles-Darwin-film-controversial-American-audiences.htmlThis is a link to an article about a new movie being made about Darwin and his Theories; the producer won't even release it in america because of the resistance they would face.Let me ask, why would a movie about evolution would have such a hard time time finding a slot in the theater?

The Milwaukee Corridor by the Congress Theater is getting a lot of love with 3 big TOD high rises that just went up and 1 that is almost finished right off of Milwaukee and Armitage.

The old theater lobby is still there, but it's been gutted.