CHICAGO-A softer office market helps the former equity group for Brinson Partners decide to relocate to the recently-opened 1.7-million-sf office tower at 1 N. Wacker Dr., where minority owner UBS Warburg is the namesake tenant.

CHICAGO-A budget request comes through for the office of the State Appellate Defender, which triples the agency's staff of attorneys from 30 to 100. That prompts a move to 35,074 sf at 203 N. LaSalle St. two blocks away.

CHICAGO-Dempsey J. Travis and Elzie L. Higginbottom head South Side real estate companies. However, they are companies they built themselves, and they may outnumber minorities in executive suites at brokerages here.

CHICAGO-AIDSCare, Inc., based in the Lakeview community, is getting 2.7 acres from the city for $20 and $1.2 million to build 64 residential units and health facilities for low-income residents with HIV/AIDS.

CHESTERTON, IN-A 120-room Hilton Garden Inn here is the first of five properties planned by the Beverly Hills, CA-based chain. Companies controlled by Gerald A. Stillman will own and manage the hotel.

CHICAGO-Hearts United Phase III Limited Partnership will build 53 multifamily units, most of them for those earning less than 60% of the median income, on 200 acres near 43rd Street and Cottage Grove Avenue.

CHICAGO-Buoyed by rich per sf prices paid for several Walgreens outlets, retail property values have remained strong in the market, according to Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co.

CHICAGO-With three Gold Coast super-luxury condominium projects in various stages of development, Fordham Co. chairman Christopher T. Carley eyes two more Near North site sites for the company's next effort.