Subject: Midwest Regional Digest (MWDIG)

July 22, 2003 Milwaukee Journal SentinelA partially completed retail building on Milwaukee's south side could be converted into offices for Aurora Health Care Inc., a spokesman for the hospital network said. The 165,000-square-foot building was built to house a Super ...

July 21, 2003 St. Louis Business JournalThe Maloney Group will spend nearly $40 million to develop two residential projects for senior citizens in St. Louis. The first project is a $20 million redevelopment of the St. Louis Hills Retirement Center ...

July 21, 2003 Business First of ColumbusWork could begin by the fall on two large condominium projects planned for downtown Columbus, Ohio, as buyers begin to scoop up the first batch of newly created center-city housing. Developer J. Daniel Schmidt ...

July 21, 2003 Business First of ColumbusProspects of a tightening industrial market have prompted Stavroff Venture Corp. to ask the city council in Obetz, Ohio, to extend tax abatements on 300 acres off Toy Road. Stavroff executives on July 14 ...

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 ...