CHICAGO-The West Loop area will see another warehouse converted to multifamily use at 1001 W. Van Buren Ave. Chicago-based Aries Capital provides interest-only financing at 7.5% and 65% loan-to-value.

BENSENVILLE, IL-The San Francisco-based owner lands leases here as well as Rosemont. The largest is 62,934 sf at 630-44 Supreme Dr. with Forward Air, Inc. Trammell Crow Co. vice president Thomas P. Wagener brokers the deals.

LAKE ZURICH, IL-An industrial building on 17 acres at 555 Oakwood Blvd. in this far northwest suburb of Chicago is sold and undergoes a "fast-track retrofit" for auto parts manufacturer Smalley Steel Ring Co.

MINOOKA, IL-Itasca, IL-based FCL Builders will construct the facility for the developer, Catellus Development Corp. Lower land costs in the far southwest suburbs proves to be a powerful magnet.

CHICAGO-The giant retail REIT, which has posted annual funds-from-operations growth of 16% over the last eight years, may consider another dividend increase next year. The current dividend yield is 7.86%.

CHICAGO-A 29-year-old man faces up to five years in jail for allegedly making a series of 9-1-1 calls Sept. 11, claiming a jet bound from Los Angeles was headed into the side of the world's tallest building.

CHICAGO-More private security guards in the lobbies as well as uniformed Chicago Police officers at the doors were on hand at such Downtown buildings as the Sears Tower and John Hancock building.

YORKVILLE, IL-New regional sales director Richard Lewis is overseeing Oak Brook, IL-based Inland Real Estate Sales LLC's expansion into Kane, Kendall and northern Will counties, an area experiencing rapid population growth.