"If You Can't Sell Them...Rent Them"

YoChicago has a post today about some developments that have decided to add the ability to rent in their building as well as buying. The only place mentioned in the post are the Opera Lofts (2545 S Dearborn St), but we know there are a lot of other places doing the same thing. The thinking goes like this:

In the case of Opera Lofts, sales manager Kathleen Ryan says the hope is that renters will enjoy the development enough to consider buying a home there later on.