Chicago

Chicago's tech ecosystem is the city's fastest-growing industry sector with more than 4,000 digital companies—a more than 270% growth rate in just 10 years.

The LINK Evanston features contemporary, open-concept apartments that include studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 400 square feet to 1,100 square feet.

The international manufacturer of automation sensors, vision systems, barcode readers, laser markers, measuring instruments, and digital microscopes has agreed to a long-term lease for 80,849 square feet at Building II at the complex located in the O'Hare industrial submarket.

The mayor has proposed a Class 6 (b) tax incentive to support the $3.9-million rehabilitation of an 84,174-square-foot industrial building in the Stockyard Industrial Corridor by Griffith Foods Inc.

The 10-year deal at the 17-story, 332,000-square-foot building in Chicago's West Loop was announced by Colliers International. Onni Group acquired the Union Tower building earlier this year for approximately $80 million, according to multiple published reports.

The joint-venture partners purchased four housing communities across four different university markets.