Chicago
$300M for HNA’s Office Tower at 1180 Avenue of the Americas
Northwood Investors, a firm led by John Kukral, paid at least $300 million for 1180 Avenue of the Americas, a… Read more
Gartner Takes 74K SF at Chicago’s River North Point
Equity Office signed a 74,450-square-foot lease with Gartner, Inc. at River North Point, a 1.3-million-square-foot mixed-use property in Chicago. The Stamford,… Read more
CRE Construction Volume Declined 7% in 2017
Many of the leading U.S. metropolitan areas for commercial and multifamily construction starts showed reduced activity in 2017 compared to… Read more
Investment Sales Pros Lollio & Niedergang Join C&W’s Healthcare Advisory Group
Gino Lollio and Scott Niedergang have joined Cushman & Wakefield’s National Healthcare Capital Markets Group within Cushman & Wakefield’s Healthcare… Read more
LaSalle Announces Leadership Succession for U.S. Value-Add Fund Series
Chicago-based LaSalle Investment Management appointed Joe Munoz Chief Investment Officer of the firm’s flagship U.S. value-add fund series, LaSalle Income… Read more
JLL’s Scott Kaplan Passes Away
Veteran commercial real estate broker Scott Kaplan, an Executive Vice President at JLL, passed away unexpectedly February 2. A resident… Read more
Counting Cranes: Construction and Development By the Numbers
It’s a bird, it’s a plane…. it’s a (good amount of) cranes. Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB), an international property and… Read more
Molly McShane Becomes First Woman President of NAIOP Chicago
Conor Commercial Real Estate’s Molly McShane has begun her service as NAIOP’s first woman President for the 2018 term. McShane… Read more
Chinese Investors Acquire Hotel Portfolio from Barings for $800M
Hong Kong-based Junson Capital’s $800-million hotel portfolio acquisition from Charlotte, NC-based Barings included the Motif Hotel in Downtown Seattle. The… Read more
Andria Winters Joins CBRE in Chicago
CBRE expanded its Advisory and Transaction Services team in Chicago with the addition of Andria Winters, who joins as Senior… Read more
National City Distribution Facility Trades for $21M
Encinitas, CA-based Stos Partners divested a 91,541-square-foot single-tenant industrial building in San Diego’s National City submarket for $21 million. The… Read more
Morgan Stanley to Blackstone’s Willis Tower in Chicago
Morgan Stanley is set to take 125,000 square feet at Blackstone Group’s 110-story Willis Tower in Chicago. The New York-based… Read more
ING Leads $300M Financing for Prized Chicago Tower
ING Capital LLC led a $297.6-million financing package on behalf of Starwood Global Opportunity Fund X that was used to acquire One… Read more
What’s Fueling 2018 Data Center Demand?
Los Angeles-based CBRE’s 2018 U.S. Real Estate Market Outlook show that despite record-setting wholesale absorption levels for three consecutive years, strong… Read more
Related Midwest Proposes Two 50-Story+ Towers in Chicago
Two residential towers envisioned to exceed 50 stories were proposed in Chicago’s West Loop. Related Midwest and Tucker Development are… Read more
Mark Zettl Joins JLL to Lead Office Property Management Group
JLL expanded its senior leadership team with the addition of Mark Zettl as President of Property Management for the Americas.… Read more
CBRE Global Investors Fund Snares Six-Building Chicago Industrial Portfolio
CBRE Global Investors added a 1.4-million-square-foot Chicago-area industrial portfolio to its commercial real estate holdings. The 95%-leased, Class A warehouse… Read more
Financing Talk: Q&A with Northwestern Mutual’s Kevin Westra
Northwestern Mutual Real Estate’s Regional Director – Central Region – Kevin Westra is one of the panelists with the upcoming… Read more
9 Chicago Retail Brokers Join CBRE from Cushman & Wakefield
CBRE Group, Inc. significantly expanded its ranks in Chicago with the addition of a team of nine retail brokerage professionals… Read more