BENSENVILLE, IL-Having outgrown the 25,000 sf it had in Wood Dale, the subsidiary of Renton, WA-based Zones, Inc. finds 69,960 sf at 699 Supreme Dr.

CHICAGO-General Growth Properties agreed to pay $766 million for more than 450,000 sf of retail space in the Venetian Casino Resort in Las Vegas, and at least $250 million more for the retail space being built in the Palazzo hotel and casino, expected to be completed in 2006.

CHICAGO-Madrid-based Roan Property Advisors and Milan-based Redilco Group are the two most recent firms to join GVA Worldwide as international partners, the seventh and eighth firms to come into the fold this year.

CHICAGO-Spread between 1 E. Wacker Dr. and 20 N. Clark St., Azulay, Horn & Seiden, LLC found space on one floor at 205 N. Michigan Ave., where it has signed a 12-year deal for 22,677 sf.

OAK PARK, IL-Although impressed by Whiteco Residential's new team and its concept for the southeast corner of Harlem and Ontario avenues, trustees in this suburb suggest they want a third party to provide financial projections.

LAKE ZURICH, IL-Crews begin demolishing the former Farman's Lakeside Hotel at 66 W. Main St., which will be replaced by grass seed until mixed-use buildings are constructed.

CHICAGO-The University of Chicago's biological sciences division leases 11,557 sf at 230 W. Monroe St., which brings occupancy at the recently-renovated office building to 55%.

CHICAGO-World Book, Inc. signs a restructured deal on its 34,500 sf at Jackson, MS-based Parkway Properties, Inc.'s lone asset in the market, keeping occupancy at the one-million-sf East Loop building at 93.5%.