Cupertino, CA-based Telocity Inc. signed a long-term lease for51,670 sf of office space at the e•port building, 600 W. ChicagoAve., just northwest of Chicago's Loop. The tenant, founded in1997, is a nationwide provider of integrated high-speed broadbandservices through digital subscriber line technology to theresidential market. This will be the firm's first facility outsideof Silicon Valley and it will house the firm's sales solutiondivision.

Telocity was referred to Podolsky Northstar by Telocity'sCalifornia broker, San Jose-based CPS Inc., through itsinternational brokerage network, Corfac International.

The three million sf e•port building, formerly owned byMontgomery Ward and used as a catalog warehouse, was acquired bye•port 600 LLC. The buyer renovated and upgraded 1.5 million sf ofthe building for high-tech telecommunications tenants. Three levelsof parking and residential units are planned for the eight-storymixed-use complex as well.