CHICAGO-Plan commissioners recommend city council approval of a 357-unit condominium, 100,000-sf retail project at the southeast corner of Randolph Street and Wabash Avenue. Construction could begin Nov. 1.

MUNDELEIN, IL-A 10-month study by Camiros Ltd. recommends redevelopment scenarios for large tracts of land at the crossroads of central Lake County. More than $10 million in infrastructure is necessary to make it reality.

OAK BROOK, IL-Inland Retail Real Estate Trust buys three PetsMart stores in Chattanooga, TN; Daytona Beach, FL and Fredericksburg, VA for just under $10 million in sale-leaseback deals. The REIT now has a $230-million portfolio.

CHICAGO-Work is just beginning on the $58.4-million, 436,224-sf Chicago International Produce Market to replace historic but obsolete South Water Market. So is talk of expansion, even though ground has just been broken.

MADISON, WI and INDIANAPOLIS, IN-The 116-unit Heather Valley multifamily project in Madison sells for $6.45 million while the 73,000-sf Geist Shopping Center in Indianapolis gets a new owner after $5 million is exchanged.

CHICAGO-Builders Bank's Chairman and CEO Michael Winter is aiming to loan $300 million to entrepreneurial real estate developers before year's end. He ran a $1-billion portfolio at First Bank/Illinois.

RIVER GROVE, IL-Bazaar Inc. leases 85,457 sf at Suburban Financial Management's 1810 N. 5th Ave. in this west suburb of Chicago, a block from its 295,000-sf. The space will be used by company business now in Bellwood.

MADISON, TN-Sealed bids are due July 17 for the net-leased property generating $1.057 million. One of the largest employers in the Nashville market has another 12 years on its lease for 528,840 sf of distribution and warehouse space.