CHICAGO-Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council renews early at John Buck Co.'s 222 S. Riverside Plaza while Constellation NewEnergy goes shopping before staying at Trizec Properties, Inc.'s 550 W. Washington St.

OAK BROOK, IL-Waste Management expands its deal at Butterfield Centre, a 459,000-sf office complex it once owned, to 82,000 sf while the largest US office REIT signs deals for more than 50,000 sf at its 1.1-million-sf Westbrook Corporate Center in nearby Westchester.

CHICAGO-With their company under contract to be sold to Lakewood, NJ-based Lightstone Group in an $889-million deal, Prime Group Realty Trust officials are prohibited from having discussions with any new bidders.

CHICAGO-With their company under contract to be sold to Lakewood, NJ-based Lightstone Group in an $889-million deal, Prime Group Realty Trust officials are prohibited from having discussions with any new bidders.

SCHAUMBURG, IL-Convergint Technologies moves from nearby Barrington to a 18,090-sf industrial building at 1651 Wilkening Rd. while Dies Plus acquires a 10,620-sf building at 1425 Industrial Dr., across the county line in Itasca.

CHICAGO-A 43-unit, $13-million townhouse and condominium project will replace the former Lerner Newspapers offices and publishing plant in the 7500 block of N. Ashland Avenue, adding for-sale units to a Rogers Park housing stock that is 70% rental.

CHICAGO-A 43-unit, $13-million townhouse and condominium project will replace the former Lerner Newspapers offices and publishing plant in the 7500 block of N. Ashland Avenue, adding for-sale units to a Rogers Park housing stock that is 70% rental.

CHICAGO-Hines' National Office Partners Limited Partnership and the California Public Employees' Retirement System pay $114 million for the 1.2-million-sf office complex at LaSalle and Monroe streets, where Harris Bank remains as the dominant tenant.