CHICAGO-MB Real Estate is now taking over managing, leasing and sales for 55 W. Wacker, the LaSalle Wacker and 205 W. Wacker. Plus more Midwest news.

ST. LOUIS-Cassidy Turley’s Q2 National Office report says top markets, such as DC, Boston and NYC, are seeing a good amount of activity. The rest? Crickets.

KANSAS CITY, MO-CGA Capital Corp. has closed lease-backed financing worth $687 million for a 1.5-million-square-foot manufacturing facility for the National Nuclear Security Administration.

BERLIN-The 1.8-million-square-foot portfolio, sold by McLean, VA-based JER Partners, includes 2,000 apartments.

NAPERVILLE, IL-Local broker says more deals are moving because tenants have realized the bottom has likely been reached.

CHICAGO-Mirroring most property sectors, the net lease market is a separated tale of core markets and opportunistic purchases, according to the locally-based Boulder Group.

ST. JOHN’S, CANADA-The home improvement retailer has broken ground on a 68,000-square-foot facility here, where the company already has a few locations.

CHICAGO-Jones Lang LaSalle will now run General Growth’s 18 managed properties, with more than 11 million square feet.