CHICAGO-CME Group has hired two firms to selltwo of the three historic Chicago Board of Trade buildings at thebase of the financial district downtown, valued at a reported $210million. The derivatives firm hired Jones LangLaSalle and Holly Duran Real EstatePartners to market the 1.4-million-square-foot north andsouth buildings.

The complex includes the north and south buildings, and the288,000-square-foot east building. CME occupies the entire eastbuilding, and leases about 150,000 square feet in the other twotowers, including the agricultural trading floor.

In a statement, CME Group CFO Jamie Parisi saidthe company will continue to lease the space after the sale for 15years. “The sale…will enable CME Group to continue to reinvest inour core derivatives business,” he said. The company took over thebuildings when it took over the Chicago Board of Trade in 2007.