CHICAGO-Not-for-profit National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation takes space on the 15th floor of the renovated 175 W. Jackson Blvd., one of several recent West Loop deals involving Cushman & Wakefield brokers.

ELWOOD, IL-Elwood School District 203 will use a $2.4-million from CenterPoint Properties Trust to renovate an elementary school that's more than 40 years old. The REIT is development the massive CenterPoint Intermodal Center.

CHICAGO-The city council is expected to approve an ordinance requiring written evacuation plans of office and residential buildings higher than 80 feet. The action is in response to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

CHICAGO-The nation's largest multifamily REIT warns fourth-quarter and 2002 earnings will be lower than expected as a result of a weaker economy in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the US.

EVANSTON, IL-A securities firm and consulting company are involved in office lease transactions in this North Shore suburb, while a moving company takes 25,712 sf in nearby Lincolnwood.

CHICAGO-Richard D. Kincaid, 39, replaces Michael A. Steele as chief operating officer in a series of moves in the REIT's top management structure. David Merger guru A. Helfand, 37, also becomes chief investment officer.

CHICAGO-Naming rights for a renovated Soldier Field could have generated $300 million for the Chicago Bears, but the team backs off the idea under pressure from veterans groups and Mayor Richard M. Daley.

CHICAGO-A network news report that terrorists planned a truck bombing of the tallest building in North America is "inaccurate, unconfirmed and irresponsible," according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's office here.