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Downtown is Home to Highest-Taxed Office Properties Outside NYC
While New York City contains the nation’s highest-taxed office properties, once you leave Manhattan’s glass canyons you’ll find the rankings… Read more
Chicago Trails Major US Metros in Home Price Gains
Chicago’s year-over-year growth in home prices was the slowest in the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices 20-city composite for March, according… Read moreBig-Box Vacancy Improves for First Time in 2 Years
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MCR Picks Up Hilton-Branded Properties in Champaign
MCR has acquired a trio of Hilton-branded hotels in Champaign, IL, within walking distance of the 44,000-student University of Illinois… Read more
Inaugural Illinois Games Raises $154K for JDRF
Some of Chicago’s leading commercial real estate companies came together at the inaugural JDRF Illinois Real Estate Games earlier this… Read more
Plan to Build $95M Police Academy Gets Lawmakers’ Okay
Over protests from local residents, Chicago’s City Council approved the construction of a police and fire training academy on the… Read more
Related Midwest Eyes 10,000 Apartments for Riverfront MXU
Connect Apartments is coming up on June 26th in Los Angeles. Here’s a link to find out more about the… Read more
$800M Campus Revamp Will Be MN’s Largest Healthcare CapEx Project
The board of Essentia Health, an integrated health system headquartered in Duluth, MN, has approved Vision Northland, an $800-million project… Read more
Wheeling Board Signs Off on Plan for $90M MXU
Connect Apartments is coming up on June 26th in Los Angeles. Here’s a link to find out more about the… Read more
Massive Cook County Hospital Redevelopment Heads to Launching Pad
A partnership led by Murphy Development Group has secured $135 million in financing to begin work on converting the former… Read more
Connect Media President’s Letter: Celebrating Our Anniversary and Getting Your Feedback
Connect Media is celebrating an important anniversary, our anniversary of publishing daily news. Connect Media began in the fall of… Read more
Fifth Third Pavilion Opening at Navy Pier
Navy Pier’s 200,000-square-foot Fifth Third Bank Family Pavilion will make its debut over Memorial Day weekend, in advance of a… Read more
City Proposes $13M in Assistance for Shopping Center Build
Developer Michael Jaffe’s plan to develop a 143,800-square-foot shopping center on vacant land in Albany Park would receive $13 million… Read more
Chicago’s the No. 2 US Destination for Do-It-Yourself Movers
An up-to-the-minute method of determining a region’s population growth? One-way U-Haul rentals into the region. By that measure, Chicago is… Read more
Pace of Demand Remains Strong for Indy’s New Industrial Builds
While Chicago is the leading Midwest hub for industrial, by no means is it the region’s only center for tenant… Read more
Liberty Lands New Facility in Rialto, Two Inland Empire Development Sites
Connect Industrial is coming up on July 11 in Chicago. Here’s a link for more information about the conference and… Read more
Membership Coworking Could Come to Historic Motor Row
Two former Chicago Bears defensive ends want to bring a mixed-use complex centered around coworking space to historic Motor Row.… Read more
CBRE’s Tara Torbik Promoted to Senior Associate
Tara Torbik, a Connect Media Next Generation National Award winner in 2017, has been promoted to senior associate on CBRE’s… Read more
Deal for Massive South Works Redevelopment Falls Apart
Dublin-based Emerald Living has walked away from its purchase and sale agreement to acquire and redevelop US Steel’s former South… Read more