NILES, IL-Solis Stone takes 30,000 sf here, while Hallmark Data Systems moves from a location a block away to a 47,820-sf facility in Skokie. Topping them both, Contech Lighting takes 65,000 sf in Northbrook.

CHICAGO-The Atlanta-based REIT, which was the most prolific acquirer of class-A US real estate last year, pays $188 per sf for the 82-story, white granite tower, where the namesake tenant and BP Amoco lease half the 2.5 million sf.

HIGHWOOD, IL-A 6,400-sf retail center at 742 N. Sheridan Rd. here sells for $968,000 while the 27,686-sf Bay Ridge Court shopping center in Waukegan can be had for $3.45 million.

AURORA, IL- Houston Wire and Cable and Airborne Express take more than 67,000 sf each in separate deals here and in Lisle. Another 11,000 sf of warehouse space is claimed in Burr Ridge.

CHICAGO-Owners of the Pittsfield Building at 55 E. Washington St. may be the first, but other applications for Class L tax breaks are expected following the designation of two roughly two blocks on Wabash Avenue as a landmark area.

CHICAGO-Metropolitan Life's $770-million first mortgage on Sears Tower must be rewritten before Trizec Properties Inc. takes title to the 110-story building, Trizec president and CEO Timothy H. Callahan warns again Thursday.

CHICAGO-Previously envisioned as a condominium tower and restaurant, a 50,000-sf parking garage is sold for $4.635 million to the the Museum of Broadcast Communications, which will relocate there and build a National Radio Hall of Fame.

GLENVIEW, IL-The book retailer is backing out of projects around the US, according to San Diego-based OliverMcMillan LLC, but Knoxville, TN-based National Book Warehouse Inc. has claimed the 15,000-sf anchor spot.