CHICAGO-More than 247,000 sf of retail space, as well as nearly 24 acres of underlying land, goes on the auction block next month when six city and suburban Jewel and Osco stores, among 77 being sold throughout the US, go on the auction block.

PLAINFIELD, IL-The mammoth book retailer leads a steady stream of lease deals and development proposals in the southwest, south and west suburbs.

CHICAGO-The city department of planning and development won't have trouble getting responses to separate requests for proposals for retail projects at 35th and Halsted streets and 35th and Michigan Avenue.

SCHAUMBURG, IL-Jones Lang LaSalle takes on the assignment with an eye toward saving money for the electronics giant, which lost $681 million last year as its stock nose-dived nearly 70%.

EVANSTON, IL-Syndicated Equities Inc. reports 77 of the 91 units at 2730-66 Hampton Pkwy. have been sold, with the remainder expected to move this spring. The former multifamily rental complex overlooks a Northwestern University football practice field.

SCHAUMBURG, IL-Itasca, IL-based Hamilton Partners buys the four-story building a mile from Woodfield Mall, offered at $10.7 million, which would be $75 per sf less than Wells Real Estate Investment's acquisition of nearby Windy Point I & II.

CHICAGO-Syndicated Equities will buy the parking garage at 201 W. Madison St., which includes first-floor retail space anchored by Walgreen's, from New York-based Radiant Partners and cuts a small group of 1031 exchange investors in on the deal.

COLUMBUS, OH-The retail REIT, in the midst of shedding community centers such as Georgesville Square here and single-tenant properties, gets $81 per sf. Gross proceeds are $3.7 million as the buyer assumed underlying debt.