CHICAGO-With $300,000 from the city, car dealer Jeff Jacobs buys a 5.2-acre site at 2148 N. Natchez Ave. for $1.6 million, a fraction of an offer the previous owner had from a residential developer.

BEDFORD PARK, IL-The residential window manufacturer sells its 42,746-sf building at 7001 W. 66th Pl. for nearly $1.1 million to Americana Furniture, offsetting some of the $2.5 million it paid for a 90,027-sf building at 6750 South Belt Circle.

WAUKEGAN, IL-Three tenants, led by Gurnee-based Paris Presents' 100,800-sf deal at 3800 Sunset here, sign deals in this far north suburban city and neighboring Gurnee.

CHICAGO-The Jacksonville, FL-based solar thermal energy systems maker gets a $1.7-million loan to use at its Bridgeport plant as well as $5 million worth of business from the city and other government agencies.

CHICAGO-Newcastle Limited is fielding offers until May 28 on a 10-story, 235,000-sf property at 847 W. Jackson Blvd. and 319 S. Peoria St., which the Art Institute paid nearly $3.9 million to acquire in 1995.

BEDFORD PARK, IL -Trimark Marlinn takes nearly half of a multi-tenant building at 6100 W. 73rd St. owned by a joint venture between LaSalle Investment Management and CalPERS.

OAK PARK, IL-Whiteco Residential LLC has a new president, and a controversial $42-million mixed-use project slated for the southeast corner of Harlem and Ontario avenues gets a new architect and attorney.

MOUNT PROSPECT, IL-Prospect Heights-based finance company Household International signs a 42,905-sf deal at 431 Lakeview Ct., part of the seven-building Windsor at Kensington Business Center. It is the largest of three deals at Boston-based General Investment & Development Co.'s property.