Downtown

Walgreens to Close 1,200 Retail Stores
Walgreens Boots Alliance plans to close 1,200 stores during the next three years, with 500 closures...Read more
West Loop Apartment Building Sells for $76M
JLL Income Property Trust completed the sale of a 28-story apartment community at 180 North Jeffer...Read more
Essex Closes Sale of Mixed Use Building in Ukrainian Village
Chicago-based multifamily brokerage firm Essex Realty Group, Inc., completed the sale of a nine-uni...Read more
Harrison Street Closes Ninth U.S. Opportunistic Fund at $2.5B
Harrison Street has closed its ninth U.S. opportunistic real estate fund, Harrison Street Real Esta...Read more
JLL Agrees to Acquire Raise CRE to Enhance Leasing Technology
JLL has reached an agreement to acquire Raise Commercial Real Estate, a technology-powered brokerag...Read more
Counselors of Real Estate Unveil 2025 Outlook for Commercial Real Estate
Political uncertainty is the leading concern for top commercial and multifamily real estate advisor...Read more
Workbox Moves Corporate HQ to Fulton Market
Chicago-based workspace operator Workbox is relocating over 20 local employees from River North t...Read more
Greystone Provides $18M Financing for Chicago MF
Greystone has provided an $18.22 million Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting & Servicing loan for...Read more
Chicago Tops Best U.S. Big Cities for 8th Year
Chicago has once again been named Best Big City in the U.S. in the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ ...Read more
JLL Arranges Sale, Financing of The Parker in Fulton Market
JLL arranged the sale and acquisition financing for The Parker, a 227-unit luxury apartment bu...Read more
Nassimi Realty Acquires 100K-SF Chicago Retail Center
Nassimi Realty has acquired Joffco Square, a retail center located at 555 West Roosevelt Road in Ch...Read more
360 Chicago Selects Architecture Firm SOM for Redevelopment Project
Magnicity, the parent company of 360 CHICAGO, has selected Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) to ...Read more
Millennium on LaSalle in Chicago CBD Achieves 96% Occupancy
The Millennium on LaSalle, 28 S. LaSalle, is a 218-unit property that underwent a commercial-to-res...Read more
Chicago Announces First Projects to Receive New Bond Proceeds
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the first two developments that will receive financing from...Read more
Chicago Marathon Created $547M Impact on Local Economy
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon in 2023 marked a record-breaking $547 million in contributoin...Read more
Intersect Illinois Names Christy George New CEO
Intersect Illinois announced Christy George as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Georg...Read more
AmTrust Acquires Luxury Apartment Building in Chicago’s East Loop
AmTrust RE completed the acquisition of Parkline Chicago, a 26-story, 213-unit residential high-ris...Read more
Medline Triples Office Footprint at Merchandise Mart
Medline is expanding its presence at the Merchandise Mart by 110,000 square feet, making it one of ...Read more
Moderne Ventures Closes Over $230M for MV Fund III
Moderne Ventures, a Chicago-based venture capital and growth equity firm, has raised over $230 mill...Read more