Midwest

May 19, 2000Kennedys sue lender over Mart sale The Chicago Tribune, May 19 CHICAGO – The Kennedy family is suing its mortgage lender, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., over a $47 million prepayment penalty demanded in connection with the 1998 sale...

May 18, 2000 Chicago's River City on the block The Chicago Sun-Times, May 18 CHICAGO – American Invsco Corp. has put River City, a 447-unit apartment complex at 800 S. Wells, on the market for $79 million. Built in 1985,...

May 17, 2000 Good deeds surround mountain of beansThe Wall Street Journal, May 17 ST. LOUIS, Mo. – When AmeriCares earlier this month landed a 6 million pound donation of dry, edible beans, the relief organization needed a place to...

May 16, 2000 Port Authority approves sale of Flamingo Hilton Casino The Kansas City Star, May 16 KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Port Authority has approved the sale of the long-troubled Flamingo Hilton Casino to Mississippi-based Isle of...

May 15, 2000 Old post office, new plan for office, hotel spaceCrain's Chicago Business, May 15 CHICAGO – MCZ Development Corp. plans to submit a proposal this week to the city for a plan to redevelop the Old Post Office...

May 12, 2000 The Highlands @ Forest Park signs first tenant The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 12 ST. LOUIS – The Highlands @ Forest Park, a $150 million office campus that Balke Brown Associates is building where The Arena once...

May 11, 2000 Nordstrom signs for downtown storeThe Cincinnati Enquirer, May 11 CINCINNATI – Nordstrom Inc. has agreed to open a two-story department store at downtown's Fifth and Race streets. Developer Eagle Realty Group will build the 155,000-sf store atop...

May 10, 2000 Inside Real Estate: Future of 203 N. LaSalle St. uncertainThe Chicago Tribune, May 9 CHICAGO – Bank of America is giving developer Scott Toberman another chance to buy 203 N. LaSalle St. for $76 million under a...

May 9, 2000 Warren Co. getting Nordstrom; downtown store still a possibilityThe Cincinnati Enquirer, May 9 CINCINNATI – Nordstrom Inc. has agreed to open a two-story, 144,000-square-foot store in a mall that the Rouse Co. is building on Mason-Montgomery Road...

May 5, 2000 Residential development firm up for saleThe Chicago Tribune, May 5 CHICAGO – Related Companies LP and Vornado Realty Trust are leading the bidding for LR Development Co., an upscale residential development company. The bids are clustered around...