Kiser Group completes multifamily portfolio sale

July 29, 2010 Kiser Group has closed 72 individual mortgage loans secured by 58 properties in the Chicago area comprising more than 1,300 multi-family rental units. Read more...

Illinois Real Estate Journal, News

Marcus & Millichap brokers sale of 63,000-square-foot shopping center in Illinois

July 29, 2010 Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services recently brokered the sale of Sports Authority Plaza, a 63,552-square-foot shopping center located in Calumet City, Ill. Read more...

Illinois Real Estate Journal, Midwest Real Estate News, News

HFF secures $31.7M in debt and equity for Naperville Corporate Center

July 28, 2010 The Chicago office of HFF has secured a $31.7 million in financing and joint venture equity for the recapitalization of Naperville Corporate Center, a four-building, 418,836-square-foot office property located in the western Chicago suburb of Naperville, Ill. Read more...

Illinois Real Estate Journal, Midwest Real Estate News, News

Transwestern negotiates lease for consulting firm

July 28, 2010 The Chicago office of Transwestern represented Thompson Flanagan & Co., an insurance consulting and information services firm, in a long-term 9,918-square-foot lease at 626 West Jackson Boulevard in Chicago. Read more...

Illinois Real Estate Journal, News

Sperry Van Ness closes two bank owned mixed use properties

July 28, 2010 Sperry Van Ness has announced that Jeffrey Baasch, senior investment advisor, recently closed two Bank Owned Mixed Use properties in Chicago Read more...

Illinois Real Estate Journal, News

Hy-Vee signs long-term lease in Sycamore

July 28, 2010 CB Richard Ellis represented Pappas Development, LLC in an 8.4 acre, long-term ground lease to Iowa-based retailer Hy-Vee in Sycamore, Ill. Read more...

Illinois Real Estate Journal, News

Smart – And Not So Smart – Ways to Write a Lease Exclusive

In order to win attractive tenants, landlords often agree to grant exclusive rights at a particular property. Read more...

Distressed Assets & Environmental Due Diligence: What You Need to Know

For better or worse, the disposition of troubled loans and distressed assets has become a key driver in the commercial real estate industry this year. Read more...

Cash is still king

The availability of capital for the acquisition of industrial facilities remains, at best, scarce. Any party looking to acquire a vacant industrial facility without a tenant or pre-negotiated lease will have an extremely difficult time finding financing for their project. Read more...