ELGIN, IL-Las Vegas-based Mandalay Resort Group, 50% owner of the most lucrative Illinois riverboat casino, blames the operating cash flow of $20.6 million on the state's higher taxes.

EVANSTON, IL-Occupancy at Rotary International's 370,000-sf building at 1560 Sherman Ave. hits 93% in a submarket where vacancy approaches 20%.

DOWNERS GROVE, IL-The bank will bring occupancy at The Alter Group's 217,500-sf Corridors III at 2650 Warrenville Rd. to 87%. The first two Corridors buildings at the junction of I-88 and I-355 are 90% occupancy.

WOODRIDGE, IL-Besides a location near Interstate 55, the manufacturer of bottled waters has 20,000 sf of office space in the warehouse and manufacturing building at 10335 Argonne Woods Dr.

BOLINGBROOK, IL-While the 111,570-sf in this southwest suburb is on the market, smaller centers in northwest suburban Elk Grove Village and Schaumburg trade for $148 per sf.

CHICAGO-The idle 32,000-sf Western Chain Co. at Belmont Avenue and Honore Street is being sold to New Haven Homes, which plans to build 14 townhouses and seven single-family homes on the one-acre site.

CHICAGO-The City Council will likely approve Alderman Patrick L. O'Connor's effort to downzone residential properties in Edgewater, Lincoln Square, North Park, Rogers Park and West Ridge to stem the tide of multifamily redevelopment.

CHICAGO-Rather than assume a $766-million first mortgage held by MetLife to its balance sheet, Trizec Properties Inc. settles for $9 million for its second mortgage and equity position in the tallest building in North America, which it will continue to manage.