Subject: Midwest Regional Digest (MWDIG)

July 21, 2003 Crain's ChicagoUnicare, a major tenant in the Sears Tower in Chicago, is considering moving, raising the specter of another leasing setback for the landmark building. Sources said the health insurer, which leases 151,000 square feet, will decide ...

July 18, 2003 Detroit Free PressThe Whittier, a famed Detroit waterfront hotel that played host to the Beatles and Mae West but has been closed for two years, will reopen as a luxury condominium, retail, and senior-citizen housing development, city ...

July 18, 2003 Dayton Daily NewsThe McCormick Building, an old factory in Dayton, Ohio, will be converted into 10 loft apartments and offices. The building, at First and Sears streets, is across the street from Fifth Third Field, almost lined ...

July 17, 2003 Chicago TribuneSix commercial buildings in the South Water Market District in Chicago will be converted into an 824-unit residential neighborhood by 2005 in a $235 million project to be called University Commons.

July 17, 2003Chicago TribuneOaktree Capital Management LLC, which owns the Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wis., is planning an expansion of the 258-acre property at a cost of more than $100 million. Plans call for the development of 521 condominium ...

July 17, 2003 The Detroit NewsThe Statler-Hilton Hotel in Detroit may face the wrecking ball. The former 800-room hotel, which anchors the north end of Washington Boulevard and overlooks Grand Circus Park, will likely be demolished next year because its ...

July 17, 2003 Pioneer PressThe Maplewood, Minn., city council has approved the Legacy Village of Maplewood, a $250 million multi-use development. The project should be completed by 2008. It will add 500 housing units, a major business headquarters, stores, restaurants ...

July 16, 2003 Chicago Sun TimesSears, Roebuck and Co. is getting serious about replacing its aged store at 1900 W. Lawrence in Chicago's Ravenswood community. Local politicians are meeting with the giant retailer about replacing the 47,000-square-foot store with a ...

July 16, 2003 Chicago Tribune (Third Item)Developer Mark Vandenberg of Tinley Park, Ill.-based TCB Development has formed a refrigerated logistics company that has signed a 10-year lease for most of a new, 262,500-square-foot cold storage facility that Vandenberg plans to ...

July 16, 2003 Chicago Tribune (Second Item)Daniel Murphy, a top broker with several firms, including John Buck Co., and his brother Thomas Murphy, another Buck Co. alumnus, have formed their own firm. Murphy Real Estate & Development LLC has lined ...