Transwestern hires Chicago market leader
Blake Johnson joins Houston-based firm after more than nine years at CBRE
Commercial real estate executive Blake Johnson has been hired to lead Transwestern Real Estate Services’ office in Chicago, where he will oversee more than 330 employees and a port...
Chicago Fire soccer stadium takes key step toward approval
22,000-seat venue proposed within The 78, an $8 billion mixed-use development
A professional soccer stadium along the Chicago River moved closer to reality Thursday when a key city panel approved changes to Related Midwest’s $8 billion development called The...
Sprawling Detroit commercial building portfolio goes up for sale
Firm Real Estate’s offering is described as largest of its kind in history of Eastern Market area
A Detroit real estate firm is looking to sell a 21-property portfolio in and around the city’s Eastern Market district. The offering is billed as the largest collection of commerci...
Owner of mall near Chicago plans to add 288 apartments
Second residential phase gets approved at Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills, Illinois
Developers have won zoning approval for a second residential phase of construction at a mall north of Chicago, clearing the way to add 288 apartments as part of a national trend.
Shopping center near Chicago sells to developer planning apartment tower
Church Street Plaza in Evanston, Illinois, is nearly 100% leased
A shopping center just north of Chicago has sold for more than $31 million to a developer that is seeking zoning approval to add a 358-unit apartment tower to the property.
Sports Illustrated Resorts to take over original Virgin Hotels location in Chicago
Travel + Leisure announces plans for approximately 250-room hotel near Michigan Avenue
Virgin Hotels’ original spot in Chicago is set to be converted into a Sports Illustrated-themed resort near the Magnificent Mile after the historic, 25-story building recently sold...
Office-to-residential conversion near Chicago’s Mag Mile lands more than $90 million in financing
Mavrek, Acres Commercial plan 252 apartments at 65 E. Wacker Place
Developers planning to convert a high-vacancy office building near Chicago’s Magnificent Mile retail corridor to 252 apartments have secured more than $90 million in financing, a k...
Emerging Concepts, adviser to likes of Puttshack and Museum of Ice Cream, shifts leadership
Founder Mathew Focht sells half of shares in Chicago-based company
Emerging Concepts, a retail real estate brokerage that has helped the likes of Puttshack, Museum of Ice Cream, Flight Club and F1 Arcade expand in the United States and United King...
District Brew Yards to sell or lease properties as part of wind-down
CBRE is marketing buildings in Chicago and Wheeling, Illinois
The owner of District Brew Yards, a beer production facility, taproom and food hall that is home to four breweries, plans to shut down and bring new concepts to the buildings on Ch...
Historic preservation group honors projects in Philadelphia, Chicago and Memphis
Top award recognizes new uses brought to old properties
A former Philadelphia power station. A longtime, single-room-occupancy hotel in Chicago. An empty school in Memphis, Tennessee.
Chicago developers begin work on apartment tower amid high demand, few new projects
Firms break ground after landing more than $95 million in financing
A group of Chicago real estate firms has landed more than $95 million in financing to kick off construction on a 287-unit apartment tower near high-demand Fulton Market, a rare gro...
Lengthy list of Chicago multifamily offerings gets shorter after nearly $90 million sale
Waterton buys The Mason, a 263-unit building in Fulton Market
National multifamily investor Waterton has paid almost $90 million for a 263-unit apartment building in its home city, removing one of several high-profile properties from the down...
Singapore investor plans another logistics development near Chicago as part of US expansion
Mapletree buys second site in recent months southwest of city in Joliet, Illinois
A Singapore-based real estate investor has bought more than 29 acres of land near Chicago where it plans a logistics facility, another step in the firm’s quest to become one of the...
Soccer stadium along Chicago River moves toward goal
Chicago Fire venue approval would be big step forward for The 78, an $8 billion mixed-use development
Plans to build a 22,000-seat professional soccer stadium along the Chicago River are advancing, moving a broader, $8 billion mixed-use development on the site closer to reality.
Office tower on famed Chicago retail strip to become 320 apartments
Connecticut-based developer completes purchase of Michigan Avenue building
A 24-story office tower on Chicago’s best-known retail strip will be converted into 320 apartments starting early next year, according to the Connecticut-based developer that just ...
Chicago Bears step up efforts to end 104-year run playing football in city
In open letter to fans, President and CEO Kevin Warren outlines ‘future home’ in Arlington Heights, Illinois
Less than 1½ years after presenting their dramatic vison for a domed stadium along Lake Michigan in Chicago’s South Loop, Chicago Bears executives have kicked off the 2025 season w...
Wave of Chicago high-rise apartments hits market in bet on return of dealmaking
Offerings of more than 4,200 units follows years of sluggish transactions
Owners of big apartment towers in downtown Chicago have flooded the for-sale market with more than 4,200 units in recent months, betting that strong rent growth in the nation's thi...
After opening first-ever store, online retailer Huckberry plans another in Chicago
Men's apparel seller is coming to low-vacancy Armitage Avenue in Lincoln Park
An online retailer that just opened the first permanent store in its 14-year history is planning another location for in-person shopping on Chicago's North Side.
Citadel’s former HQ tower in Chicago is for sale
Office building remains almost 45% vacant after two recent lease deals
Financial firm Citadel’s former headquarters is for sale after the 37-story tower in Chicago scored two big leasing wins, potentially providing a high-profile gauge of office value...
Lender looks to sell loft offices, last used as migrant shelter, near Chicago’s Fulton Market
Five-story building, adjacent properties are on western edge of former meatpacking district
After filing two lawsuits last year against the owners of a Chicago loft office building that was converted into a migrant shelter, the lender is looking to sell the property along...