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         <title><![CDATA[JoS. A. Bank Takes Entrance at 500 W. Madison]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-The clothing store has signed a 4,000-square-foot lease at the train station retail center. Also featured are more retail and multifamily deals.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1617_1617/chicago/183956-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Claire&#146;s Stores Agrees to HQ Sale-Leaseback]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL-The Angelo Gordon Net Lease Fund purchased the 527,661-square-foot Claire&#146;s Stores building for $18 million. The retailer will lease for 20 years. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Kimpton, Buck Ready $80M Hotel-Apartments]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-The new Hotel Palomar, opening March 24, will be Kimpton&#146;s first foray north of the Chicago River. The 36-story building also has 124 corporate housing units.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1616_1616/chicago/183934-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Place Plans Summer Open for $59M Student Apts]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-Tailor Lofts will have 477 beds in 135 fully-furnished units, with an individual lease system for students. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1615_1615/chicago/183913-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Fairholme, Pershing Pledge $4B to Renew GGP]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-The capital infusion completes the $8-billion reorganization plan proposed by GGP and Brookfield Asset Management. No response yet from possible competitors.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1614_1614/chicago/183896-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Podolsky Named Receiver for Southpoints]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[TINLEY PARK, IL-As lender and owner work things out in court, Podolsky Northstar will lease or sell the 20%-occupied properties. More receiverships are coming, Podolsky says.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[UBS Drops Floor to Remain Anchor at 1 N. Wacker]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-The finance services firm cut its space by 50,000 square feet to 400,000 square feet in the new 10-year lease.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sephora Latest to Enter Troubled Block 37]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-The retailer is the first to sign a lease since a receiver took over from owner Joseph Freed &amp; Associates. The developer is fighting to regain control of the new mall on the site.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1613_1613/chicago/183876-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rasmussen, Plato and Towers Lease at Park]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[BLOOMINGTON, MN-The three tenants are taking 145,000 square feet at Normandale Lake Office Park.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Walgreens Takes 20,000-SF Office Downtown]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-The company is using the fourth floor at the Sullivan Center for its new e-commerce division.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1612_1612/chicago/183837-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Peerless Takes Flex Building in China Exit]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[AURORA, IL-The audio-visual mounting firm is leasing 307,813 square feet in White Oak Business Park, with a plan to expand to 500,000 square feet.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1611_1611/chicago/183819-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vornado May Join General Growth&#146;s Bid List]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-The New York City-based REIT could join with Brookfield to help bring locally-based General Growth out of bankruptcy, according to the New York Post.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1610_1610/chicago/183806-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Prime Defaults on $115M, Sells Other Tower]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-The REIT, which reports it found another buyer for 180 N. LaSalle at $72M, admits two subsidiaries are defaulting on loans for the Continental Towers complex.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1610_1610/chicago/183798-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Venture May Buy Complex for $80M]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[SKOKIE, IL-White Oak Realty Partners LLC, formed by two former Fifield executives, is part of a JV looking to acquire the 660,000-square-foot Central Park of Lisle.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1609_1609/chicago/183779-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Glickman Forms Distressed Asset Company]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-Urban Receivership Services will contract with courts to funnel management and leasing work. The Village Mall in Danville, IL is the first appointment.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[BP Products Leases 574,000-SF Midpoint]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Other deals include the $3 million sale of the Handleman Building and a marketing representative named for the new 119,000-square-foot Rosemont Corporate Center.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1607_1607/chicago/183738-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Developer Resurrects $100M Condo Plan]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-Gary Rosenberg claims to have found financing for the 22-story Catalyst tower, and wants to go ahead with construction of 220 units in a market that saw only double that sell in 2009. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.globest.com/news/1607_1607/chicago/183732-1.html?st=rss</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Simon Disses, Westfield May Enter GGP Fray]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-Scorecards may soon be needed as the battle to take advantage of General Growth&#146;s bankruptcy position heats up. Simon still claims to give the best deal.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Horizon Refinances 500 Units for $37M]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO-The six properties are all on the North Side, considered quality assets though they are up there in age. The financier says the industry is relying on agency liquidity.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[GGP Announces $8.3B Recap Plan]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[CHICAGO- Brookfield Asset Management has pledged to invest $2.6 billion in an attempt to bring local mall REIT General Growth out of bankruptcy, though Simon has a competing plan.]]></description>
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