Chicago

For the past six years, Transwestern has provided investment advisory services to Sumitomo Corporation of Americas including sourcing, property evaluations, operational assessments and market assessments.

In the Second Annual Chicago Mid-Year CRE Sentiment Report produced by The Real Estate Center at DePaul University, approximately 52% of participants—down sharply from 69.8% a year ago—characterize the Chicago real estate market for the first half of 2019 as consistently strong.

Hospital officials at the event reported that it received the largest single donation in its history. Joan and Paul Rubschlager, Chicago philanthropists and former owners of Rubschlager Baking Corporation, made an undisclosed contribution to Rush University.

Upon completion, the park will be the largest rail-served industrial mixed-use logistics park in the Midwest, and one of the largest in the country.

The company's growth in the past year and the tight office market in Evanston made expansion difficult in that market. The move consolidates Opex Analytics' operations under one roof, company officials explain.

Planet Fitness signed a lease for 20,800 square feet at the Shops at Schaumburg Court at Barrington and Schaumburg Roads in Schaumburg.

Corvias will be responsible for the development and management of the student housing project. Other partners include Dirk Denison Architects for the design and Gilbane Building Co. for the construction of the Bailey Hall renovation.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed for the complex that for decades served as the headquarters for McDonald's until the firm's relocation last year to approximately 470,000 square feet of space at Sterling Bay's 1045 W. Randolph St. in Downtown Chicago.