CHICAGO-Latham & Watkins expands by 22,000 sf, with the law firm now the seventh-largest tenant in the building at 135,000 sf. Salomon Smith Barney also renews an 18,483-sf lease, part of an 83,000-sf block it has at 233 S. Wacker Dr.

CHICAGO-Children's Home and Aid Society of Illinois expects to break ground next spring on a $6.9-million Head Start and child care center in the 1700 block of W. 61st St. A 6,060-sf parking lot is being sold for $1.

CHICAGO-Build something that produces high-paying manufacturing jobs, the department of planning and development is suggesting for a 131,000-sf site at 812-32 W. 23rd St. and a 98,770-sf parcel at 4001-59 S. Halsted St.

CHICAGO-CB Richard Ellis Inc. notes vacancy across suburban markets has risen three percentage points in the past year. Northern Cook and Lake counties boast the healthiest office submarket. The I-88 Corridor has been the busiest in terms of sales.

CHICAGO-Not everyone is happy about the department of planning and development overseeing the sale of city-owned lots, many of them eyed by small-scale developers of multifamily housing, rather than the department of general services.

LISLE, IL-Cable television equipment developer Arris International Inc. finds the additional 22,000 sf it needs at Lisle Business Center at 2400 Ogden Ave., moving from Olympian Business Center at 4343 Commerce Ct.

CHICAGO-The blended rate on $855 million in debt is 3.89%. General Growth Properties Inc. now has keys for the 1.2-million-sf Saint Louis Galleria and 1.1-million-sf Coronado Center, as well as complete control of eight malls previously owned in a joint venture.

CHICAGO-A consulting firm and insurance brokerage renew and expand leases at 333 W. Wacker Dr. and 200 W. Madison St. FTI specializes in turnaround, bankruptcy and litigation-related consulting.