since signing the lease lastyear.

"REI opened just a little more than a month ago, and they'vebeen pleased with first month sales. This is their first locationin the Chicago area," Drew tells GlobeSt.com. "The retail has beenabout what we've expected in this market. We've had some inquiriesfrom furniture, home goods and medical imaging companies. Thenumber of users for 30,000 square feet are few, and we've talked toa few of them over the past year. Given the uncertainty now, weprobably won't hear anything until after the first of theyear."

He says the medical office has been doing exceptionally well.Town & Country, represented in the lease by Ira Perlman withHoward Ecker and Co., moved from 2073 N. Clyborn and joins otherBlackhawk tenants Advocate Health Centers, Pine Dental, AssociatedAllergists and Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group, which isopening a new pediatric and internal medicine office there inspring 2009. "I attribute the success primarily to the impact ofthe announced relocation of Children's Memorial Hospital. A numberof neighborhood medical practices want to remain around here anddon't want to move to Streeterville," Drew says. The developmentalso includes a 550-space parking garage that provides easy accessto patients, he says.