CHICAGO-Lake County is a rarity among submarkets, according to HSA Commercial Real Estate, as the average asking net lease rate has held firm from the first quarter at $5.58 per sf.

WARRENVILLE, IL-A 175,000-sf Super Target anchors the project at the well-traveled southwest corner of Diehl and Winfield roads, next to the 5-million-sf Cantera Business Park. Completion is expected next summer.

ADDISON, IL-The 65,180-sf building at 2105 Corporate Dr. is 57% occupied, but it still commands a $58 per sf price from a partnership of HSA Commercial Real Estate and Bridge Development Partners.

BOLINGBROOK, IL-The Harrisburg, PA-based computer and peripheral products distributor takes space at 1455 Remington Blvd. in the Carlow Corporate Center, boosting the I-55 Corridor's 1.4-million sf of absorption this year.

CHICAGO-Shares of Equity Office Properties Trust common stock remain a better bargain than the available office properties in its core markets, say company officials, who have dealt $367 million in buildings in 2003.

CHICAGO-With 169 management offices now consolidated into 48 and a list of 950 vendors pared to 88, annual costs savings are now projected at more than $75 million beginning in 2004.

SCHAUMBURG, IL-Car Quest is one of the three tenants at 410-16 W. Higgins Rd., just east of the intersection of Golf Road, as well as the former owner, Styling Concepts.

ST. CHARLES, IL-H.A. Phillips & Co. pays less than $50 per sf for a building sitting on 3.8 acres at 1775 Wallace Ave. in St. Charles Business Park. Also, First Industrial Realty Trust sheds a 50,400-sf asset at 3632 Stern Ave.