CHICAGO-Banyan Strategic Realty Trust's sale of most of its 3.5-million-sf office and industrial portfolio to Denholtz Management Corp. is now scheduled to close no later than June 11.

CHICAGO-Tax records indicate Commonwealth Edison pays more than $5 million for a parking lot at the southwest corner of Taylor and Jefferson Streets, part of the former Chernin's Shoes portfolio that continues to undergo a transformation.

CHICAGO-Mayor Richard M. Daley wouldn't be upset if Boeing Co. chose a suburban location, as long as it meant the region beat out the Dallas/Fort Worth or Denver markets. A heavy-hitting lineup will make a pitch next week.

BANNOCKBURN, IL-Officials of paper products maker Moore Corp. Ltd. say shifting headquarters from Toronto to here may have led to "confusion" and an erroneous report it would be de-listed from the Toronto Stock Exchange.

INDIANAPOLIS-Trammell Crow Co. takes over management and leasing responsibilities for CalEast Industrial Investors, LLC's 14-property, 733,000-sf portfolio. The two business parks were sold by Heitman Financial, LLC.

CHICAGO- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. will open 556-room W Chicago - Lakeshore, a renovation of a former Days Inn on Lake Shore Drive; and 390-room W Chicago - City Center, a makeover of the historic Midland Hotel.

ELGIN, IL- Abbott Land & Investment Corp., developer of the Bluff City Business Park near Route 25 and W. Bartlett Road, relocates to a 32,282-sf office and warehouse building, the first to be completed in the 45-acre park.

CHICAGO-The death of some dot-coms put more space on the market, though the fledgling industry is not entirely to blame for the increase of available square footage, say office brokers here.