CHICAGO-No longer are manufacturing firms given the bum's rush when they put expansion plans on a city hall table. However, market realities that have put land and buildings out of the reach of business owners are today's challenge.

CHICAGO-The prestigious Latin School of Chicago buys the neighboring 122-room Parkway Eleanor Club at 1550 N. Dearborn Pkwy. for $369 per sf, providing room for expansion of its upper and middle schools.

CHICAGO-The joint venture deal between Oak Brook, IL-based CenterPoint Properties Trust and Ford Motor Land Development Corp. is inked even while the automaker looks to shed space elsewhere.

CHICAGO-Oakbrook Center, Old Orchard, Fox Valley, Hawthorn Center and Water Tower Place, with a combined 2,753 tenant slots, are part of the $5.3-billion, three-way sale of Rodamco North America N.V.

CHICAGO-Many are likely to apply, but the city is looking hard at developers' experience, especially in leveraging private money in previous projects, in its selection of a team to build 400 multifamily units.

LAKE ZURICH, IL-The 88,306-sf retail outlet developed by Minneapolis-based Ryan Companies US, Inc. is bought by a fund managed by CB Richard Ellis Investors for $105.32 per sf, and at a capitalization rate in the mid-8% range.

CHICAGO-The minimum bid for a West Loop office campus of a failed web development company could be had for as little as $30 per sf at a bankruptcy auction Feb. 14. Plans once called for a $115-million corporate campus.

CHICAGO-No longer are manufacturing firms given the bum's rush when they put expansion plans on a city hall table. However, market realities that have put land and buildings out of the reach of business owners are today's challenge.