CHICAGO-The John Marshall Law School in the South Loop recentlyannounced plans to expand by 50,000 square feet. The additionsinclude the recently-purchased 38,000-square-foot retail and officeproperty adjacent to the school on Jackson, and a new $6 millionnew entrance in place of a current Walgreens store on State Street.

The three-story 19 W. Jackson property, which is anchored by theDollar Daze Store, is between buildings already owned by the lawschool. John Corkery, dean of the school, tells GlobeSt.com thatthe tenants will remain until their leases expire.

The new space joins nine floors of faculty office space theschool bought 15 years ago at 321 S. Plymouth Ct., as well as themain campus at 315 S. Plymouth and Fair Housing Clinic space at 55W. Jackson. The entire campus is about 255,000 square feet. “It’staken us awhile to fill up the 321 building, we still have somespace there. This new purchase gives us space to expand to in thefuture,” Corkery says.