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Tom’s Recommended Reading for the Week Check out the top news in Chicago commercial real estate before heading into the weekend! KBS Closes $850 Sale of 300 N LaSalle – Officials from KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II said yesterday that they had closed on the sale, first announced in May, of the 300 N. LaSalle building … Read more

Tom’s Recommended Reading for the Week Check out the top news in Chicago commercial real estate before heading into the weekend! DRW scraps plan for 17-story hotel on Fulton Market – Trader Don Wilson filed plans with the city for a Brooklyn Bowl bowling alley and nightclub on West Fulton Market, with one major omission: a 17-story hotel. The … Read more

Tom’s Recommended Reading for the Week Check out the top news in Chicago commercial real estate before heading into the weekend! Five Reasons People are More Important Than Buildings – The word “office” doesn’t mean what it used to. When workers refer to going into the office, they could mean they’re heading to the brick-and-mortar building that … Read more

Tom’s Recommended Reading for the Week Check out the top news in Chicago commercial real estate before heading into the weekend! Charles Schwab Chooses 150 S Wacker as long-term home – Charles Schwab has selected 150 South Wacker Drive for its corporate offices, inking a lease for 105,000 rentable square feet at the strategically located West Loop … Read more

Tom’s Recommended Reading for the Week Check out the top news in Chicago commercial real estate before heading into the weekend! Chicago’s Suburbs Suffer from Companies’ Flight to CBD – As members of the millennial generation continue to choose downtown living, the companies that follow them may be the bigger story of the economic recovery. But this … Read more

Tom’s Recommended Reading for the Week Check out the top news in Chicago commercial real estate before heading into the weekend! After Hancock buy, Hearn to pay $375 million for Loop office tower  –  In yet another sign of climbing office building values downtown, Hearn Co. is paying about $375 million for the 57-story Three First … Read more

Tom’s Recommended Reading for the Week Check out the top news in Chicago commercial real estate before heading into the weekend! Co-Working Centers Continue to Carve Out Bigger Niche – Although it remains a highly fragmented industry, companies catering to the demand for co-working or shared office spaces are continuing to expand and add more services to appeal … Read more