CHICAGO-Poor soil at 5978 N. Lincoln Ave. requires 37 caissons to support a six-story, 21-unit condominium building, a $7.1-million project that replaces a vacant restaurant. California-based JJJ Properties, Inc. is getting $1.1 million in tax increment financing.

CHICAGO-Pilsen Assemblies of God pays less than $30 per sf for a 77,280-sf warehouse at 2520-34 S. Western Ave. while Iglesia Bautista Fundamental Independent church picks up a 7,000-sf storefront at 1335 W. 51st St.

NORTHBROOK, IL-Other retailers are following the lead of Home Depot, Lowe's, Target and Wal-Mart, buying their big-box locations. While the number of big-box assets is just 3.6% of the available retail net-lease opportunities, they represent 9.3% of the total value, according to The Boulder Group.

LINCOLNSHIRE, IL-Baltimore-based Erickson Retirement Communities pays nearly $21 million for the Boznos' family's property, which had been on the market for more than six years. It plans to build 1,902 independent living, assisted living and skilled care units over the next seven years.

FORT WORTH-The Service Employees International Union questions deals such as taking a $900,000 loss on chief investment officer Kenneth S. Moczulski's former Houston home. Company vice chairman and chief executive officer John C. Goff claims Moczulski oversaw a purchase of a Las Vegas office asset that has gone up in value by $40 million.

DES PLAINES, IL-The $40-million mixed-use project includes 106,000 sf of retail space, 20,000 sf of office and 142 condominiums on nine acres at Des Plaines River Road and Perry Street.

HIGHLAND PARK, IL-Five condominiums above 3,100 sf of ground-floor retail space at 578 Roger Williams Ave. also will be sold in an open-outcry auction Aug. 1 by Sheldon Good & Co. Auctions LLC.

CHICAGO-Prescott Medical Communications Group will move into 22,222 sf at BTS Owners' building at at 205 N. Michigan Ave., moving from 180 N. LaSalle St. In an unrelated deal, First Northern Credit Union renews a 11,317-sf lease at 230 W. Monroe St.