BOSTON-On one hand, Boston Properties, Inc. president and chief executive officer Edward H. Linde is happy to get a significant increase in terrorism insurance coverage at a less than proportional cost. Nonetheless, the premium increase is 33%.

WHEELING-A 43,160-sf building at 1400 S. Wolf Rd. in Corporate Square Business Park, currently tenantless, has been acquired by a new owner for $2.4 million from Podco 1660 Wolf Associates.

BOSTON-Capital Crossing Bank intends to "vigorously" challenge a change in state law wiping out deductions of dividends from a REIT subsidiary, retroactive to 1999. Meanwhile, it buys loans and leases worth a potential $56.1 million for 80 cents on the dollar.

CHICAGO-Owners of nearly 589,000 sf of O'Hare and suburban office space get close to $48 million in proceeds during recent refinancing of their properties. International Tower at 8550 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. is mortgaged for $29.5 million, at 75% loan-to-value.

WHEELING-A 43,160-sf building at 1400 S. Wolf Rd. in Corporate Square Business Park, currently tenantless, has been acquired by a new owner for $2.4 million from Podco 1660 Wolf Associates.

TINLEY PARK, IL-The Threshold Center here, and a smaller retail center in the nearby southwest suburb of Midlothian, have sold for a combined $2.87 million in separate deals brokered by Inland Real Estate Sales Inc.

CHICAGO, IL-A 30,700-sf plant in Melrose Park has been acquired for less than $30 per sf for redevelopment by Hoffman Estates-based The Crown Group. Also, Golden Foods Inc. pays $45 per sf for a Bensenville building, while Eclipse Lighting pays $44 per sf in Schiller Park.

OAK BROOK, IL-Any or all of the company's 6-million-sf suburban office portfolio can be had. The company has hired Cushman & Wakefield to help them weigh offers for asset sales or a deal involving the entire company.