CHICAGO-Other historic office buildings along a stretch of Michigan Avenue overlooking Grant Park have been in the crosshairs of multifamily redevelopers. Didco Urban Renewal Co. keeps 122 S. Michigan Ave. off the boards.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL-New Plan Excel Realty Trust assumes a $14.5-million mortgage from Hamilton Partners as part of the acquisition of the 131,849-sf Elk Grove Town Center, anchored by Dominick's and Walgreens.

DOWNERS GROVE, IL-The 175,000-sf asset at 1333 Butterfield Rd. is acquired by Barrington-based Fulcrum Asset Management and Chicago-based Blue Vista Capital Partners for $4 million more than what the previous owner, an Irvine, TX-based limited partnership, paid in 1996.

NORTHBROOK, IL-One result of the $4.5-billion sale of the Eckerd pharmacy chain is CVS supplanting Deerfield-based Walgreen as the largest US drug store chain. Eckerd stores already make up 42% of the available net-lease drug stores on the market, according to the Boulder Group.

DES PLAINES, IL-Markle-Korff Industries leases 51,580 sf at 1905 S. Mt. Prospect Rd. here while Aero Snow Removal Co. takes a 14,343-sf building at 2130 Oxford. Both moved from other Des Plaines locations.

CHICAGO-A 9.3-acre site where DuPont once had a factory is being acquired by developer Warren Baker, who hopes to build a 45,720-sf store for Best Buy and a 132,900-sf department store for Kohl's.

CHICAGO-A survey finds 80% of corporate real estate executives expect their companies to ship call centers and information technology operations overseas to cheaper labor markets, and 90% unfazed by bad publicity or proposed legislation.

LINCOLNSHIRE, IL-Three deals, led by CUES Corp.'s 74,703-sf deal here, are struck by brokers from CB Richard Ellis' Bannockburn office. Coleman Cable takes 75,082 sf in Gurnee and Biddeford Blankets signs a 55,149-sf deal in Mundelein.