The building will house 350 employees from McDougal Littell,which willoccupy all but 56,000 sf of the 200,000-sf complex. About10,300 sf of thebuilding is dedicated to retail space on the firstfloor. It has been soldto Church Street Plaza LLC, an affiliate ofArthur Hills & Co. LLC (AHC) ofNorthbrook. A spokesperson forMesirow Stein told GlobeSt.com thatnegotiations are currently underway for the retail space.

According to Richard Stein, senior managing director, MesirowStein RealEstate, the project has been designed with publictransportation as a keyfocus of the project. "The master site planfor the 909 Davis Building ismost significantly influenced by thetransit-related activities it isdesigned to accommodate," saysStein.

The site is defined on the east by a Chicago Transit Authorityrail stationand on the west by a Union Pacific Metro commuterstation and theircorresponding rail lines, Stein points out. ChurchStreet marks thenorthern border of the 1.79-acre site.