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Duke Scores Big with Chicago-Area Leases

The Chicago office of Duke Realty Corporation signed five leases totaling 860,296 square feet in September in four of its properties. The transactions include two full-building leases of recently delivered spec buildings, a new lease and renewal that took another building to full occupancy, and a new lease in another building.

Largest of the five leases was a 543,780-square-foot deal for Airport Logistics Center in Romeoville, IL, which delivered in August. JLL’s Dominic Carbonari and Frank Griffin represented tenant RJW Logistics, while Cushman & Wakefield’s Jason West and Sean Henrick were the listing brokers.

“We are pleased with the interest we continue to see in our Chicago-area properties and the decisions of our valued tenants to locate or keep their operations in a Duke Realty building,” said Susan Bergdoll, VP of leasing and development for Duke Realty in Chicago.

Bergdoll and Casey Grant represented Duke in all five transactions.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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