NORTHBROOK, IL-Chairman and controlling stockholder C. Michael Kojaian injects $36 million into the real estate services company, providing a $4-million loan for working capital and buying out a $32-million credit facility.

CHICAGO-Cincinnati-based consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Co. chooses the real estate firm to oversee its 13.8 million sf of assets 60 countries on six continents, and turns over 600 employees to help do the job.

CHICAGO-In sheer numbers, the market has suffered the worst job loss in the economic downturn, a sobering reality brought home by a few panelists during Thursday's RealShare Chicago.

CHICAGO-Harris Associates, LP's 56,000-sf renewal and expansion brings occupancy to 98%. Since Trizec Properties, Inc.'s 1999 renovation, occupancy has stayed at or above 95% while Central Loop vacancy has surpassed double digits.

ST. CHARLES, IL-LaSalle Bank tells Sheldon Good & Co. Auctions LLC it will take the best sealed bid offer next month for its 53-room hotel, which it acquired through a foreclosure on $3 million in loans.

LINCOLNSHIRE, IL-The company will move its corporate headquarters from nearby Wheeling across the county line to 195 Schelter Rd. in the Lincolnshire Corporate Center later this year. It has a 10-year lease with the developer.

CHICAGO-From the Central Business District to the neighborhoods, most development plans travel through commissioner Alicia Berg's department of planning and development. She offers some insight on city initiatives Thursday morning at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, site of RealShare Chicago.

CHICAGO-An affiliate of major shareholder Howard M. Amster provides the cash to allow Horizon Group Properties Inc. to restructure loans on outlet centers in Daleville, IN and Somerset, PA, which are on the market, as well as Tulare, CA.