CHICAGO-With more than a third of the building there carrying landmark status, a stretch of Michigan Avenue has served as a backdrop for many a postcard. A panel wants the 12-block stretch declared a Chicago landmark district.

ATLANTA-The five-year-old multifamily REIT has run the leasing level up to 95% at the 35-acre, 342-unit complex in suburban Alpharetta, north Fulton County.

KANSAS CITY-City Center Square, one of Downtown's largest buildings at 650,000 sf, and the vacant Jones Store are on the market. No price has been set yet, but few large office properties become available in the submarket.

DENVER-Word on the street is that Denver-based Cherokee Investment Security is the successful bidder for Gates Rubber Co.'s 50 acres near the CBD. Gates isn't saying who just yet, but acknowledges it's talking with just one party. Inside sources insist it's Cherokee.