CHICAGO-Former DDR CEO Wolstein will head up the new Starwood Retail company that will own the seven malls, though he will continue to be based in Cleveland.

CHICAGO-West and Southwest markets, energy and technology heavy, are posting positive absorption as the two largest markets lag, JLL says. Studley says Chicago has promise.

ANN ARBOR, MI-The software firm is expanding from 12,000 square feet in an office on Depot Street. Colliers, which is also marketing the main book company HQ, represented the tenant.

CHICAGO-The John Marshall Law School is expanding by 50,000 square feet, and is about to start the redevelopment of a property purchased next door.

SKOKIE, IL-The consulting firm has expanded to two floors in this 95% occupied complex, outperfomig the still-struggling Chicago suburbs in the second quarter, says Studley.

LONDON-The tenant is moving to another industrial building. The buyer hasn’t said what the large building could become, but locals have rejected ideas for high-rise housing.

ST. PAUL, MN-Once the main travel hub for the Minneapolis area, the St. Paul Union Depot will again host thousands of commuters per day for light and high-speed rail and bus lines.

CHICAGO-Work by Mortenson and JLL has made the Great Hall and eight floors of office usable again. Six of the floors will be marketed to new tenants.