Subject: Leases (LSE)

Boston HeraldWaltham, Mass., is becoming the new commercial real estate hot spot in the Bay State. For the first time, rents for class-A office space in Waltham are edging out Cambridge, Mass., traditionally a strong second only to Boston in ...

Toledo Blade Fifth Third Bank is will consider moving to One SeaGate, the hallmark office building in downtown Toledo, Ohio. The 32-story glass office tower on the bank of the Maumee River is about 75 percent vacant, but will be ...

Chicago Tribune CarrAmerica Realty Corp. has signed three long-term leases totaling 80,730 square feet at 333 and 377 E. Butterfield Rd. in Lombard, Ill. The leases will raise the property's occupancy rate to 89 percent in the 368,000-sf two-building office ...

Times PicayuneWith the slow pace of apartment repairs in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, rents are expected to increase by 10 percent to 15 percent within a year, according to the Apartment Association of New Orleans. The increase can be ...

Chapman & Cutler LLP has extended its lease at Chicago's Harris Bank building until 2022.

Jacobson Cos., a third-party logistics company, will be the first tenant in Chabot Commerce Center, a 987,875 square-foot industrial property in Tracy, Calif. The Des Moines firm will lease 241,824 sf in the property, which is owned by Trammell Crow's ...

Chicago Tribune (Fourth item)Grand Warehouse Corp. has signed a five-year lease to fully occupy a 178,000 square-foot distribution center in Northlake, Ill. Duke Realty Corp., which custom built the property for Grand Warehouse, is the property's landlord. Cushman & Wakefield ...

Chicago Tribune (Fourth item)Grand Warehouse Corp. has signed a five-year lease to fully occupy a 178,000 square-foot distribution center in Northlake, Ill. Duke Realty Corp., which custom built the property for Grand Warehouse, is the property's landlord. Cushman & Wakefield ...

Crain's Detroit BusinessWal-Mart has agreed to become an anchor tenant in the Wonderland Mall in Livonia, Mich. Schostak Bros. & Co., a Southfield, Mich., firm, owns and manages the mall. Wal-Mart will purchase the land itself for a 204,000-square-foot super ...

Wichita Eagle  The vacancy rate for apartments in Wichita, Kans., is showing signs of recovery, but still remains somewhat weak. Wichita currently has a 10 percent vacancy rate, according to data from Savage Inc. The increase is an improvement from ...