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Hyatt to Acquire Travel Booking Platform Mr and Mrs Smith
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has agreed to acquire London-based Mr & Mrs Smith, a travel booki...Read more
Choose Chicago Launches Campaign to Boost In-Person Attendance at Performing Arts
Choose Chicago and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), in partnership wi...Read more
Chicago Office Market Sees New Highs in Direct Vacancy, Sublease Space
The health of the Chicago office market continued to decline in the first quarter of 2023 as direct...Read more
Hardtech Incubator mHub Will Relocate to Kinzie Industrial Corridor
Manufacturing and hardtech innovation center mHUB, said Thursday it had secured $50 million in fun...Read more
Core Spaces Unveils Build-to-Rent Development Brand
Core Spaces, a vertically integrated residential real estate developer, owner and operator best kno...Read more
Three MOB Veterans Launch Firm to Address Healthcare’s Real Estate Needs
Three experienced commercial real estate professionals serving a niche in the national medical offi...Read more
Chicago Fire Training Facility Breaks Ground on Near West Side
City officials and Chicago Fire FC owner and chairman Joe Mansueto joined community members at the ...Read more
First-Ever Virgin Hotel Hits the Sales Market in Chicago’s Loop
A joint venture of Miami-based Lionstone Development and Virgin Hotels has hired the Chicago office...Read more
Equity Residential Closes Out Q1 with Big Gains in EPS, FFO
Chicago-based apartment REIT Equity Residential (EQR) reported first-quarter results after the mark...Read more
Kiser Group Finalizes Sale of Loop Mixed-Use with 4 a.m. Liquor License
Kiser Group’s Birk | Sklar Team has sold 701 S State, a mixed-use building located in Chicag...Read more
Circa-2014 West Loop Apartments Hit the Sales Market
DWS Group, an affiliate of Deutsche Bank, and Naperville, IL-based developer Marquette have hired C...Read more
Chicago Fed Survey Sees Economic Growth “Well Below Trend”
The Chicago Fed's latest Survey of Economic Conditions (CFSEC) found that the Activity Index decrea...Read more
Draper and Kramer Wins 2023 CAMME Award for 61 Banks Street in Gold Coast
Draper and Kramer, Inc. said 61 Banks Street, the firm’s 57-unit ultra-luxury boutique Gold ...Read more
BMO Names New U.S. CEO to Succeed Retiring Dave Casper
BMO has appointed Darrel Hackett as U.S. CEO of BMO Financial Group, president & CEO of BMO H...Read more
Condo Deconversions in the South Loop, Lakeview Test the Investment Sales Market
A pair of developers that turned big condominium buildings into apartments over the past several ye...Read more
Flight to Quality Drives Down Vacancies in Trophy Downtown Chicago Offices
Avison Young’s First Quarter 2023 Office Market Report for downtown Chicago shows that ...Read more
Skender Completes 81K-SF Headquarters Buildout for Avant
Skender recently completed construction on the new 81,000-square-foot Avant headquarters in Th...Read more
Kiser Group Closes Off-Market Portfolio Sale in Medical District
Kiser Group has brokered a $15-million apartment portfolio sale in the UIC Medical District. Seller...Read more
JLL Takes Full Ownership of Kensington Capital Advisors
JLL has wholly acquired Kensington Capital Advisors (KCA), a North Carolina-based derivatives and s...Read more