Milwaukee-based Frontdesk, a short-term apartment rental company, has acquired Chicago-based Zencity, a competing short-term rental operator. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This is Frontdesk’s first corporate acquisition. The company now has additional rental units in cities including Chicago and Kansas City. Last August, Frontdesk acquired several properties from the shuttered San Francisco company
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In 2020, Frontdesk also acquired 77 properties from three separate competitors that went out of business. This non-organic growth has helped the company’s continued rapid expansion across the country. Frontdesk has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the United States the past two years. The company currently operates in 35 U.S. markets.
"Today represents a meaningful milestone for Frontdesk," said 
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Following the acquisition,