CHICAGO-The market makes up about 5% of the list of store closings by the bankrupt retailer. Stores in suburban Milwaukee and the Rockford, IL area also are slated for closing.

CHICAGO-The South Loop Apartments at 1521 S. Wabash Ave. wins a Maxwell Award of Excellence from Fannie Mae for its design, and a city department of housing official promises continued financial support for the "first rung" on the housing ladder.

CHICAGO-With 2,100 additional seats rather than 2,600, as well as ivy on the outside of the Waveland and Sheffield avenue walls and a pedestrian peep-hole, the Cubs' expansion plans wins a fan in the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.

CHICAGO-Frankfurt, Germany-based Deutsche Bank will become the world's largest real estate advisory firm with $36 billion of assets under management when the deal closes in the second quarter. The RREEF name and senior management will be retained.

CHICAGO-A landmarks commission committee green-lights Prime Group Realty Trust's 1.1-million-sf, 19-story mixed-use project above historic Union Station. A 350-room hotel, 120 condominiums and 65,000 sf of retail space would be built along with nearly 500,000 sf of office space.

ELGIN, IL-Revitalizing could spread north of this city's Downtown, along the riverfront, with a promise of $5 million from state legislators to purchase a salvage yard, which likely will become the site of multifamily development.

CHICAGO-The world's second largest architectural firm takes the equivalent of an entire floor in the 19-story, 230,000-sf Downtown office building, netting The Staubach Co. principal Jack Keenan a new Vespa as a leasing incentive.

CHICAGO-Wheatland Tube Co. stays put in the Stockyards Industrial Corridor rather than relocate to Little Rock, AR after getting a package that includes Cook County Class 6(b) relief worth $2.8 million as well as $1.9 million in tax increment financing.