Columbus
Childcare Franchise to Add 180K SF of Space Across Chicagoland, Midwest
National daycare franchise The Learning Experience is expanding across the greater Chicagoland and Midwest with 18 new locations opening over… Read more
Axis Trades 22-Property IOS Portfolio to Realterm
Axis Partners, a real estate investment platform headquartered in Atlanta, in partnership with Sweetwater Holdings, has closed the $111-million sale of… Read more
Lument Facilitates $53M Refinance for Luxury Apartments in Columbus
Lument announced the closing of a $53.1 million balance sheet loan to facilitate the refinance and lease-up of South Bank… Read more
Five New Tenants Expand Ohio Shopping Center’s Retail Lineup
Easton Town Center, a 1,300-acre mixed-use development in Columbus, Ohio, is expanding its lineup of retailers with the addition of… Read more
Chicago/Midwest People & Company News, week of January 9, 2026
Cushman & Wakefield announced today the addition of Scott Pickett and Tom Miles to its Columbus brokerage team as Senior… Read more
Law Firm Benesch Expands Firm’s Chicago Office Footprint
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff, a Cleveland-based law firm, is making a significant expansion of the firm’s Chicago office. The… Read more
U-Haul Snags Self-Storage in New Hampshire Resort Town
Marcus & Millichap closed the sale of Winnipesaukee Self Storage, a 512-unit self-storage property in Gilford, NH. Pricing was not disclosed. “I… Read more
1M-SF Infill Industrial Portfolio in Indianapolis Sells
Marcus & Millichap completed the sale of a two-property industrial portfolio located in Princeville, Illinois, and Lafayette, Indiana. The portfolio… Read more
Berkadia, NYU Stern Host University Teams for Second Annual Case Competition
Berkadia recently partnered with the Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance at NYU Stern School of Business for the… Read more
VanTrust Real Estate Fully Leases Industrial Buildings in Columbus
VanTrust Real Estate has fully leased the first of two speculative industrial buildings at Alkire Road and Norton Roads, adjacent… Read more
$152M Secured by Merchants Capital for Affordable Housing in Columbus
Merchants Capital announced $152.3 million in total financing for The Aries Lofts, a 315-unit affordable housing community in Columbus, Ohio,… Read more
CBRE Arranges Sale of Two Office Buildings in Columbus
CBRE has arranged the sale of One Easton Oval and Two Easton Oval, two Class A office buildings totaling 252,500… Read more
JLL Completes Sale of Industrial Portfolio Located Across Seven Markets
JLL has completed the sale of LBA Logistics’ seven-property industrial portfolio across Southeast, Midwest and Chicago markets. The disposition involved two… Read more
Affinius Capital Provides $76M in Acquisition Financing for Ohio Distribution Center
Affinius Capital LLC announced the closing of a $76.25 million loan to finance the acquisition of Scotts Midwest Distribution Center,… Read more
CBRE Relocating Columbus Office to 10 W. Nationwide Boulevard
CBRE has signed a 19,500-square-foot lease at 10 W. Nationwide Blvd., a trophy office building within the Arena District in… Read more
Chicago/Midwest People & Company News, week of October 24, 2025
Colliers has appointed Josh McGee as vice chair. Based in Chicago, McGee brings more than twenty-five years of experience advising… Read more
Huntington Construction Expands Operations to Ohio
Huntington Construction, a Michigan-based full-service commercial construction company, is expanding operations to Ohio, including the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and… Read more