Subject: Midwest Regional Digest (MWDIG)
JC Penney Closes Store in Indianapolis Mall
August 20, 2003 Indianapolis StarJ.C. Penney Co. is leaving Lafayette Square Mall in Indianapolis. The store will close on or before Dec. 31. Two J.C. Penney stores remain in the Indianapolis area, at the Castleton Square and Greenwood Park malls. ...
Wal-Mart Opens Supercenter in Ohio
August 20, 2003 Dayton Daily NewsWal-Mart will open a supercenter at 1701 Dorothy Lane in Moraine, Ohio. The center, at more than 210,000 square feet, will feature a tire and lube express center, hair and nail salon, pharmacy, photo-processing lab ...
Chicago Firm to Relocate to ex-Montgomery Ward Site
August 20, 2003 Chicago Sun TimesBankers Life and Casualty Co in Chicago plans to relocate some workers to the ex-Montgomery Ward site at 600 W. Chicago. Its owner, Taconic Investment Partners LLC, marketed the space to high-tech companies, but the ...
St. Joseph, Mo., Power Center on the Way
August 19, 2003 Kansas City StarRED Development and the R.H. Johnson Co. have agreed to develop a $70 million power/lifestyle center in St. Joseph, Mo. The Shoppes at North Village will be a 595,000-square-foot center on 60 acres and offer ...
Idaho Town to get Mixed-Use Development
August 19, 2003 Idaho StatesmanDeveloper Steven Ribeiro wants to build a 348-residence mixed-use development called Water's Edge in Kuna, Idaho. The $50 million development will have 170 townhomes, 16 condos and eight 800-square-foot high-end cottages. If the project is approved, ...
Sears May Not Open in Toledo, Ohio, Mall
August 18, 2003 Toledo BladeA Sears store may not be coming to Toledo, Ohio's struggling Southwyck Shopping Center, and that could jeopardize national mall giant Westfield America Trust's purchase of the South Toledo mall. Westfield said in February it planned ...
Condo Planned for Evanston, Illinois
August 18, 2003 Crain's ChicagoChicago-based 525 Kedzie LLC is waiting for city approval to construct a $14 million condominium building in Evanston, Illinois. The 45-unit, seven-story development will replace a 20-unit apartment building at Kedzie Street and Chicago Avenue. Completion ...
Detroit Opens Hotel to Boost Downtown Lodging Market
August 14, 2003 Detroit Free PressDetroit's anemic downtown hotel market has gotten a boost with the transformation of a nearly 40-year-old property into a Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites. The 241-room hotel, at Michigan Avenue and Washington Boulevard, opened ...
Developer Fails to get Financing for Boise, Idaho, Tower
August 13, 2003 Idaho StatesmanThe Boise Tower deadline came and went Tuesday without bringing the troubled project's future into better focus. The Capital City Development Corp. received no indication that local Rick Peterson has secured financing for the 25-story condominium ...
Chicago Magazine Moves to Tribune Tower
August 11, 2003 Crain's ChicagoChicago magazine is preparing to swap its swanky River North office for a spot in Gothic Tribune Tower. Publisher John Carroll says the move from 500 N. Dearborn St. to its parent's headquarters at 435 N. ...
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