Chicago
Pritzker’s Signature Clears Path for Thompson Center Sale
Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a measure authorizing the sale of the James R. Thompson Center, a state office complex… Read more
Connect Media Adds Marketing/Events Veteran Carol Atkins to Chicago Team
Connect Media is pleased to announce that it has retained Carol Atkins, President, A.M. Real Estate Communications, LLC, to produce its Connect… Read more
Co-living Crusade Finding a Home in U.S.
By Dennis Kaiser Co-living is the newly-arriving cousin to co-working, a workspace movement that has spread across the country in… Read more
CAPREIT Makes Second Apartment Buy in Michigan
CAPREIT has acquired Silver Lake Hills, a 310-unit market-rate apartment community in Fenton, MI, for an undisclosed sum. It’s the… Read more
Chicago Region Ranks Second in U.S. for Industrial Builds
Chicago ranks second only to the Inland Empire for its industrial development pipeline, according to CommercialCafe’s US Industrial Pipeline report.… Read more
Developer-Builder JV Targets $1B in O-Zone Projects
A trio of Chicago real estate veterans has launched Decennial Group, a national platform to invest in Opportunity Zones. The… Read more
WeWork Grows Chicago Footprint by Nearly 200K SF
WeWork said Thursday it’s adding its 10th and 11th Chicago locations, totaling nearly 200,000 square feet. The co-working brand is… Read more
Colliers Team Brokers Ulta Headquarters Expansion
Colliers International | Chicago’s Frederick Regnery, Ryan Barr and Alain LeCoque recently represented Ulta Beauty in its 70,720-square-foot corporate headquarters expansion at Tallgrass… Read more
Pre-Leasing Begins at Rogers Park MXU
The Habitat Company has begun pre-leasing for 111 apartments at The Concord at Sheridan, a mixed-use, mixed-income development at 6438 N. Sheridan Rd. in… Read more
Drew Nieman Rejoins Former Colleague at Riverside
CBRE EVP Drew Nieman has joined Riverside Investment & Development as the locally-based firm’s fifth principal, Crain’s Chicago Business reported.… Read more
CHA Plans Mixed-Income Apartments in Back of the Yards
The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) will acquire the long-vacant Aronson Furniture property at 4630 S. Ashland Ave. in the South… Read more
Chicago’s CBD is Still a Landlord’s Market
Although rental rate growth has moderated, the fundamentals of the downtown Chicago office market have yet to turn favorable to… Read more
Lincoln Common’s Rental Towers See First Move-Ins
The first move-ins have begun setting up housekeeping at the Apartments at Lincoln Common, the rental apartment component of Hines… Read more
Chicago’s Industrial Building Boom Shows No Letup
Industrial construction in the Chicago region is up, way up, compared to a year ago, says Colliers International. And the… Read more
Essex Realty Brokers Sale in Kenwood Opportunity Zone
Essex Realty Group’s Brian Mond has arranged the sale of a 62-unit apartment property within an Opportunity Zone in the… Read more
Clear Height Properties Takes Bigger Space in Move from River North
Coming off a year of growth in both staff and property portfolio, Clear Height Properties has completed an office lease… Read more
NYC Family Offices Buy in Fast-Growing Des Moines Suburb
Besyata Investment Group and the Scharf Group, both New York City-based family offices, have completed the Phase II acquisition of… Read more
Woodmont Plans Four-Building Retail in “Underserved” Grayslake
The Woodmont Company plans to develop Washington & Barron Commons, a four-building retail center in the Chicago suburb of Grayslake,… Read more
North Wells Snaps Up River North Parcel
North Wells Capital has expanded its development portfolio with a surface parking lot located at 320 W. Huron St. between… Read more