Specialty grocer chooses Old Town for first Chicago store
(Crain's) — Suburban Detroit-based Plum Market plans to ratchet up the battle for Near North Side shoppers.
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(Crain's) — A proposal to build a 269-unit apartment project in Wrigleyville topped the list this week.
Controversial Wrigleyville project moves forward
(Crain's) — The Chicago Plan Commission approved a 269-unit apartment project in the North Side neighborhood that drew opposition from residents.
In brief: Software firm consolidates space in Buffalo Grove
(Crain's) — Quest Software eliminating more than half of its office space in the northwest suburbs, the University of Chicago and preservationists swap easements, and an MB Financial Bank…
Equity Residential to be shut out of Archstone
(Reuters) — Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., one of three owners of Archstone, has reached a deal to buy the last portion of the apartment company it does not own for $1.58 billion, sources with…
Panel to take up controversial Wrigleyville apartment plan
(Crain's) — The local alderman supports the project, which some neighbors say would be too big and include too many units.
New lease, renewal at 330 N. Wabash
(Crain's) — Also, local hotel executive Laurence Geller thinks the NATO summit was worth hosting, and Marquette Management is tapped to manage a suburban apartment complex.
Bakeware firm World Kitchen shifting HQ within Rosemont
(Crain's) — The company has leased 55,000 square feet at Columbia Centre III and plans to move in December.
Investor to pay about $36 million for Lombard apartments
(Crain's) — The deal would be the second suburban rental purchase in several months for the same buyer and seller.
Willis Tower co-owner faces suburban woes
(Crain's) — A venture of American Landmark Properties is in default on a Schaumburg office park, according to a loan report, and faces foreclosure on its Skokie HQ.
Developer blasts bank as Donald Wilson files to foreclose
(Crain's) — Robert Kowalski alleges that Bridgeview Bank reneged on an agreement to extend the due date for debt on a Fulton Market property. The lender sold the loans.
311 W. Monroe poised to sell for about $45 million
(Crain's) — The price that a Goldman Sachs affiliate and Chicago-based Golub & Co. are paying reflects the tower's Class B status and the anticipation that big tenant BMO Harris Bank will leave.
Crain's introduces new metered subscription plan
(Crain's) — With the new plan, for the first time ChicagoBusiness.comand ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com will offer readers full access to all Crain's content.
National Louis puts 2 campuses on sublease market
(Crain's) — The school has its enrollment fall, particularly in its tradition strength of education degrees.
Foreclosure suit hits vintage Loop building
(Crain's) — The building's estimated value is less than the $12.7 million owed on it, according to a loan report from Bloomberg L.P.
South Loop's Roosevelt Collection borrows $145 million
(Crain's) — The owner of the Roosevelt Collection mixed-use project in the South Loop has borrowed $145 million as it courts tenants for the property's mostly empty retail space.
Accountancy consolidates in Elgin
(Crain's) — Also, local industrial broker Ken Szady moves to Newmark Grubb Knight Frank and a director resigns from Retail Properties of America.
East Loop apartment tower near groundbreaking
(Crain's) — The Summit on Lake is a 332-unit project estimated to cost $116 million.
Hines' challenge now: Find tenants for new tower
(Crain's) — Developers eyeing downtown projects will focus on users with leases that expire between 2015 and 2018 and won't balk at paying net rents of $35 or more.
