MILWAUKEE-Savills arranged the refinance of in-place construction loans for the medical office buildings located in Michigan and Louisiana, owned by the locally-based Landmark.

BELLEVILLE, IL-The state is building a 60,000-square-foot Illinois State Police lab here, expanding from its current 15,000-square-foot lab that it leases in Fairview Heights, IL. Plus more Midwest news.

ROME-The two firms have agreed to provide advisory services for the divestment of a real estate portfolio owned by the Bank of Italy, about three million square feet.

SIOUX FALLS, SD-The Minneapolis-based chain will open in former Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites in Kansas, Montana, Idaho, Arkansas and Colorado.

NORTHBROOK, IL-There’s still the bifurcated market, with the “NFL” metros seeing the bulk of activity of core offerings, according to the Boulder Group’s Q1 Net Lease Market Report.

TORONTO-Avison Young’s CEO Mark Rose talks to GlobeSt.com’s Robert Carr about strong fundamentals, led by oil-rich markets, boosting Canadian property performance.

BROOKFIELD, WI-Rich Galling, president of the locally based Hammes Co., talks to GlobeSt.com’s Robert Carr about how hospitals and health care systems have recovered.

CHICAGO-It took two years to find a sublease tenant for 567 W. Lake St., the Chicago Transit Authority’s headquarters, because a non-profit covenant.