Subject: Midwest Regional Digest (MWDIG)
Prime Group JV Renews Chicago Lease With Wachovia
April 29, 2003 Prime Group Realty Trust and the State Teacher's Retirement System of Ohio have renewed a lease with Wachovia Securities for 87, 577 square feet at 77 W. Wacker Drive in Chicago. The renewal, which represents 9.3 percent ...
Spiegel to Close Stores in Illinois
April 29, 2003 Chicago TribuneSpiegel Inc. plans to close 60 of its Eddie Bauer stores as the retailer continues to look for ways to save money during its bankruptcy reorganization. Slated to close in Illinois are apparel stores in St. ...
St. Peters, Mo., seeks $40Mln Investor for Lakeside Park
April 28, 2003 St. Louis Business JournalSt. Peters, Mo., is looking for an investor, and a $40 million investment, to create a public/private partnership to bring to fruition the Lakeside Business Park. The city is in the early stages of ...
Developer May Add More Buildings to Brookfield, Wisc., Development
April 28, 2003 The Business Journal of MilwaukeeAn Elm Grove, Wisc., developer says his proposal for a two-building $6.5 million mixed use project in Brookfield, Wisc., could be the start of a development that would include up to 10 buildings. ...
Mixed Development to be Built Close to Leawood, Mo., Golf Club
April 28, 2003 The Business Journal of Kansas CityA new mixed-use development is planned for a site near Ironhorse Golf Club in Leawood, Mo. The 110,000-square-foot project on the northeast corner of Nall Avenue and 151st Street should cost about ...
Milwaukee Apartment Development to Begin Soon
April 25, 2003 Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe $16.1 million conversion of a 12-story industrial building into 115 apartments in Milwaukee's Walker's Point area is scheduled to begin in June. The former L. Teweles Seed Co. building, at 222 S. Third St., ...
Retailer Expands, Moves to Dayton, Ohio
April 25, 2003 Dayton Daily NewsWatson's, a dealer in hot tubs, pools, patio furniture, pool tables and fireplaces in Dayton, Ohio, has built a 55,000-square-foot store at 2590 E. Whipp Road. The $5 million store replaces the 16,000-square-foot outlet in ...
Cincinnati Mall to be Duplicated Like Rookwood Commons
April 24, 2003 Cincinnati EnquirerThe developers of the new Deerfield Towne Center are hoping to duplicate their success with the first so-called "lifestyle center" in the Cincinnati area: Rookwood Commons in Norwood. The 430,000-square-foot development will feature many of the ...
Judge OK’s Chicago Tower Ban
April 24, 2003 The Chicago TribuneA Cook County, Ill., Circuit Court judge has upheld zoning restrictions preventing construction of a high-rise along Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. The ruling is the latest skirmish in a four-year-long legal battle by real ...
Court OKs Kmart Reorganization Plan
April 23, 2003 Detroit Free PressThe largest retail bankruptcy in U.S. history moved almost to its end Tuesday when a federal judge in Chicago approved Kmart Corp.'s reorganization plan. The 103-year-old Troy retailer is now scheduled to emerge from bankruptcy ...
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