CHICAGO-The 2-year-old Elysian will become the Waldorf Astoria for one of the highest prices ever paid per room in Chicago.

HANOVER, GERMANY-The new 485,000-square-foot logistics center will help the automaker build the new Amarok four-door pick-up truck.

INDIANAPOLIS-The company is now working on properties in Indiana and Illinois for the fourth quarter, and will start at least 10 new projects in the Midwest in 2011.

CHESTERFIELD, MO-Fort Worth, TX-based Woodmont and Virginia-based EWB want to build a 131-acre mixed-use project called Chesterfield Blue Valley, anchored by the St. Louis Premium Outlets.

CHICAGO-The properties, five in California and four in Illinois, were purchased for $31 million.

CHICAGO-The Miami firm bought the two apartment towers in 2005 for $128 million. Englewood, NJ-based Antheus Capital has reportedly already taken possession.

LONDON-The REIT and the pension fund will seek big-box retail centers throughout the United Kingdom that range in value from $3 million to $28 million.

CLEVELAND-Mayor Frank Jackson detailed a plan Monday afternoon that will include hotel, retail and offices along the shores of Lake Erie.