CHICAGO-Becker Ventures LLC, which has an interest in the conversion of the Carbon and Carbide Building into the 381-room Hard Rock Hotel, teams with Next Realty LLC to acquire the 200-space garage at 60 E. Lake St. with 20,000 sf of retail space.

CHICAGO-Four new leases totaling 7,500 sf are enough to push occupancy at the 55,574-sf retail asset on the Southwest Side, bought by Deerfield-based Learsi & Co. Inc. in 2002 for $6.8 million, to 100%.

NAPERVILLE, IL-Berkley Underwriting Partners leaves Summit Oaks in Oakbrook Terrace in favor of 15,740 sf at Park Plaza at 215 Shuman Blvd. In neighboring Lisle, Lisle Technology Partners takes 7,758 sf at 650 Warrenville Road.

NORTHBROOK, IL-Maureen Ehrenberg, who took the company to court little more than a year ago, becomes president of global client services, while Bob Osbrink runs brokerage operations as president of transaction services.

ROSEMONT, IL-The office supply retailer will occupy 17,800 sf at Ryan Cos.' 209,000-sf development at the southwest corner of Mannheim Road and Touhy Avenue, the former site of a DAP caulking plant.

LISLE, IL-The asking price for the three-building, 212,847-sf office complex at 4725-79 Indiana Ave. is just under $15 million, or $70 per sf. Philadelphia-based Amerimar Enterprises Inc. and New York-based Angelo, Gordon & Co. paid a reported $13 million for the property.

HONG KONG-Even while US corporations continue to export jobs, nearly 60% of corporate real estate executives in the Asia Pacific region are targeting cuts of more than 5% in their occupancy costs, according to a new report by Jones Lang LaSalle.

FOREST PARK, IL-The 210,000-sf office building at 8601 W. Roosevelt Rd. will become Proviso Central Math and Science Academy after serving as offices for Loyola University of Chicago administrative, information technology and finance departments.