CRE N Illinois Women's march shines light on diversity in CRE When hundreds of thousands of people pack into Chicago’s Grant Park on Saturday, January 18 as part of Women’s March 2020, the supporters will be stumping several progressive issues, including climate change, gun violence prevention and women’s health rights and access. Another vocal message, however, will be a call for more diversity in th…
CRE N Illinois On the Corner: Clark & Washington The story begins in a basement at the corner of Clark and Washington. Even better, in the Torrens Vault of the Cook County Building. The vault is tantalizingly archaic and contains thousands of handwritten corner stories going all the way back to the beginning. Lines and lines which once passed as everyday penmanship now to us post-millenni…
CRE N Illinois Chicago: Major player, second city or a mix of both? LaTonya Ellis asked the big question during this month’s 18th annual Commercial Real Estate Forecast Conference: Is Chicago, the Midwest’s biggest city, still a major player in the commercial real estate world? Or does the city instead live up to its nickname as a second city, a lesser cog in the world of investment and development?
CRE N Illinois Kristensen Boxing Smoker set for Jan 25 at the Palmer House Hilton On Saturday January 25th, more than 300 commercial real estate professionals and friends will gather for the 2nd Annual Kristensen Boxing Smoker at the Palmer House Hilton, where boxers from the U.S. Naval Academy will take on Chicago Golden Gloves Champions in eight bouts. The event is sponsored by Related Midwest, LendLease, F.E. Moran, T…
CRE N Illinois Obama Presidential Center to get $5M athletic component following Nike donation The Obama Presidential Center, the facility that the former president and first lady have planned for Chicago’s Jackson Park, may just be the first presidential library to include an athletic component. Nike has committed $5 million dollars to the Obama Foundation with the intent of creating a public space for physical activity on the presi…
CRE O Indiana Krieg DeVault's Adams: Plenty of good happening in Indy ... and its suburbs David Adams knows the Indianapolis market. He’s a partner with the Real Estate and Environmental and Commercial Real Estate Lending practice groups at the Indianapolis office of law firm Krieg DeVault. In this role, he represents banks, lending institutions, developers, landlords and tenants.
CRE N Illinois Paul Reaumond promoted to vice chairman in Chicago for CBRE CBRE announced the promotion of Paul Reaumond to vice chairman, the highest producer ranking at the firm. Part of CBRE’s occupier advisory and transactions business, Reaumond has completed 20.5 million square feet of transactions valued at more than $4 billion since joining the firm in 2008.
CRE N Illinois Skender advances five operations team members to senior positions Chicago-based Skender announced five key leaders have been promoted. Clay Edwards was promoted to executive vice president and partner, Andy Halik to project executive, Ashlee Pforr to project executive, Rob Shilney to senior project manager and Al McReynolds to senior superintendent.
CRE N Illinois ATG joins American Title Reinsurance Alliance Chicago-based Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. (ATG) has become the tenth member of the American Title Reinsurance Alliance (ATRA). ATRA secures reinsurance coverage via eight A through A+ rated Lloyds of London syndicates led by the Beazley syndicate. ATRA was formed in January 2012 to provide a secure source of reinsurance for large t…
CRE X Missouri St. Louis' Kwame Building Group tackling convention center addition St. Louis-based Kwame Building Group has begun work on the $1.8 billion addition to the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. As a subconsultant to the Clark-Lewis Joint Venture team, KWAME’s role is to augment the project’s quality assurance and quality control staff. The 1.4-million-square-foot expansion is expected t…
CRE N Illinois The state of the Chicago market in 2020 Every year for the last 18 years, REjournals has hosted its annual kickoff conference, the Chicago Commercial Real Estate Forecast. It’s a massive event—the largest of its kind—but there’s always one must-see panel: The State of the Market.
CRE W Minnesota United Properties wraps construction at Target Field Station United Properties has completed construction of a new hotel and music hall at Target Field Station in the North Loop area of downtown Minneapolis.
CRE N Illinois Laura Giampietro joins Newcastle Limited as SVP, marketing Newcastle Limited announced the expansion of its team with the addition of Laura Giampietro as senior vice president of marketing. In her new position, Giampietro will be responsible for leading the Chicago-based firm’s marketing and communications initiatives.
CRE N Illinois Chicago chapter of SIOR appoints 2020 executive board officers The Chicago chapter of the Society of Industrial & Office Realtors (SIOR) recently named their new executive board officers for the year 2020. Tom Boyle, SIOR, vice president, Lee & Associates, will lead the organization, which includes nearly 200 of the top office and industrial real estate brokers in the Chicago market.
CRE N Illinois State Street that great street? Chicago Loop Alliance and Site Design Group will release first plan for the retail corridor in over 30 years Chicago Loop Alliance is producing a State Street Corridor Plan, to be released in fall 2020. Urban design and architecture firm Site Design Group, Ltd. was selected from a competitive pool of applicants to create the plan, which will include recommendations on character, aesthetics and infrastructure; public space; transportation and mobil…
CRE N Illinois More than 900 CRE professionals pack the house for the 2020 Forecast Last Thursday, January 9, REjournals hosted their annual Chicago Commercial Real Estate Forecast conference at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Considered by many in the industry to be the kickoff event of the year, the conference—now in its 18th year, attracted more than 900 CRE professionals for a day of networking and insight.
CRE X Missouri McCarthy wraps construction of St. Louis aquarium McCarthy Building Companies has completed construction of the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station, a 120,000-square-foot, two-story attraction built inside the footprint of a nearly 500,000-square-foot 19th century iron umbrella train shed designated a National Historic Landmark. The grand-opening was Christmas Day 2019.
CRE N Illinois Chicago Design Network and Agency Brand Studio announce joint venture Chicago Design Network and Agency Brand Studio today announced a joint venture that will offer a one-stop shop for design and branding services. The unification will build on more than three decades of inspiring business architecture and recent collaborations between the two firms as the partnership focuses on delivering thoughtful architec…
CRE O Indiana Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame: Fritz Kauffman Each week, Midwest Real Estate News highlights the careers of the newest members of its Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame. Today, we look at the career of Fritz Kauffman, senior director with the Indianapolis office of Cushman & Wakefield.
CRE v Wisconsin Wisconsin's Boldt makes two hires Jason Schulist has joined Appleton, Wisconsin-based construction firm The Boldt Company as vice president of continuous improvement.