Chicago
Benchmarking Report Shows Energy Efficiency, Cost Savings in Chicago Properties
The Lightfoot administration released the 2019 Chicago Energy Benchmarking Report, showing nearly $74 million in savings from energy reductions in… Read more
Peak Properties Will Reposition Hyde Park Apartments as Student Housing
Peak Properties, LLC has been named to lease, rehabilitate and rebrand 30 units in the South Side’s Hyde Park neighborhood. The… Read more
Chicago Office Sector Anticipates “Imminent” Return of Workers After Hard Q1
The hardships of the pandemic carried on into the first quarter of 2021 for the Chicago office market, Newmark’s Amy… Read more
Blue Vista Adds SVP of Capital Markets
Chicago-based investment firm Blue Vista Capital Management has hired Brandon Honey as SVP of capital markets. Based in Blue Vista’s… Read more
United Aims to Hire 300 Pilots as Air Travel Rebounds
United Airlines plans to hire 300 pilots in the strongest sign yet that air travel is rebounding as more people get… Read more
Avison Team Trades Niles Industrial with Longtime Tenant
Avison Young has negotiated a 149,474-square-foot industrial building sale at 6035 Gross Point Rd. in Niles, IL. The property is fully leased to… Read more
Chicago-Based Tock Trades to Squarespace for $400M
Chicago-based Tock, a cloud-based platform serving the hospitality industry, has been acquired by Squarespace for more than $400 million in… Read more
McCormick Place Faces First Debt Service Shortfall Since Great Recession
The agency that runs McCormick Place expects to owe the state of Illinois about $15 million that taxpayers will need… Read more
City’s Largest Firehouse Opens Its Doors
Chicago city officials cut the ribbon Wednesday on a Far South Side firehouse designated as Engine Company 115. Located at… Read more
Family Partnership Ends 40-Year Hold on Lakeview Apartments
Essex Realty Group closed the sale of 3812 N. Wayne Avenue, a six-unit multifamily property located in the North Side’s… Read more
Chicago Housing Market Sees Biggest Price Gains in 15 Years
Chicago-area home prices were up 8.9% year-over-year in January, Crain’s Chicago Business reported, citing the newly released S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller… Read more
Cresa Adds Kathryn Ditmars as General Counsel, Chief HR Officer
Kathryn “Ryndy” Ditmars has joined Cresa as general counsel and chief human resources officer, based in Chicago. She will lead… Read more
C3, Akara Living Partner on Ghost Kitchens for Serviced Apartments
C3 (Creating Culinary Communities), a food and beverage platform founded by Sam Nazarian, has formed a partnership with Chicago- and Miami-based Akara Living, founded by Rajen Shastri, to integrate… Read more
Chicago Will Launch Mass Vaccination Sites on South, North Sides
The City of Chicago will open two new mass vaccination sites on April 5, joining a site that began operating… Read more
ISS Partners with Genesys Works to Provide Student Internships
Facilities manager ISS North America has entered into a partnership with Genesys Works, a national workforce development program that connects… Read more
Chicago Apartment Fundamentals Poised for Improvement in 2021
The story of Chicago’s apartment sector during 2020 could be called a tale of two markets: downtown and the suburbs.… Read more
Optima Tops Off Lakeview Rentals
Optima, Inc. recently topped off Optima Lakeview, a seven-story, 198-unit luxury rental building with 14,000 square feet of street-level retail in the North Side’s Lakeview… Read more
A&G Markets Chicago-Area Industrial Parcel in Bankruptcy Sale
A&G Real Estate Partners is now accepting bids for a 19.34-acre industrial parcel located approximately five miles from the Indiana/Illinois border… Read more
Amped Kitchens Project Lands $4.6M C-PACE Financing
Counterpointe Sustainable Real Estate (CounterpointeSRE) provided $4.6 million in Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) funding in support of completed energy-efficiency work at… Read more