NORTHBROOK, IL-Faced with the prospect of declining revenue from transaction-related fees and commissions as well as property management, Grubb & Ellis Co. is attempting to add consulting to its repertoire.

CHICAGO-Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. directors were impressed by Peter C. Roberts' track record running the firm's tenant representation operations, which included three of the largest New York City lease deals of the 1990s.

CHICAGO-Owners and managers of large office towers voluntarily close along with government buildings and most retail centers in the wake of horrific terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, DC.

EVANSTON, IL-Plans for a 220-unit luxury apartment building on the site of a former grocery store draw support from local business owners, environmentalists and housing advocates while local residents are critical.

MOUNT PROSPECT, IL-The second-largest pharmacy chain in the US leases 10,880 sf at Golf Plaza I in this northwest suburb. Walgreen's Drugs, which operates out of net-leased properties, dominates the market.

NAPERVILLE, IL-Rochester, NY-based Home Properties pays $57,100 per unit for the 30-year-old, 224-unit complex north of the Fox Valley Shopping Center, buying in at a 9.4% initial capitalization rate.

CHICAGO-A 65,000-sf performing arts center with 400-seat theater, dance studios, classrooms and space for street-level retail would replace a vacant liquor store at 47th Street and Greenwood Avenue.

CHICAGO-The upscale Embassy Suites Chicago Downtown-Lakefront is the first piece of the puzzle to check in at the $2-billion mixed-use River East project, conceived four years ago by MCL Cos. President and CEO Daniel E. McLean.