CHICAGO-The media group is building upon its commitment to the Chicago real estate market with the launch of <i>Real Estate Mid-America</i>. Publisher Jonathan Schein uses the firm's Real Share Chicago conference today to unveil plans for a September launch.

NEW YORK CITY-It's been rumored for months, but now it's official. Lend Lease has confirmed that it will exit the US real estate investment sector. GlobeSt.com has learned that a management buyout of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler is still the likely option.

NEW YORK CITY-And he pledges a 2006 topping out for Libeskind's Liberty Tower in addition to committing $50 million for near-term improvements. The governor also laid out the specifics of the $4.6-billion transit hub development.

NEW YORK CITY-Forget the hedges against a down market. Panelists at a recent RICS/CRE meeting say CBDs are still the thing.

NEW YORK CITY-What's being termed a "little movement on wages" isn't quite enough for union officials to express optimism that a strike will be averted. The contract that binds 28,000 apartment workers to their jobs runs out at midnight.

NEW YORK CITY-Eleventh-hour fears that the apartment workers union and building owners were still far apart have been realized. Some 28,000 janitors, doormen and elevator operators have struck the New York City multifamily sector.

NEW YORK CITY-Some 28,000 apartment workers-- including doormen, janitors and elevator operators--will be on the job today as union officials and the RAB come to terms after weeks of contract negotiations.

NEW YORK CITY-Mitsui &amp; Co. inks a 15-year re-up at the MetLife Building, where rents hover in the mid 60s per foot. While Insignia is mum on details, sources familiar with the deal put the agreed-upon rent between $55 and $60 per sf.