Midwest
The 821-Room Hilton Minneapolis, Minnesota’s Largest Hotel, Trades for $155.5M
he closing of the sale of the Hilton Minneapolis–the largest hotel in the State of Minnesota–to Bethesda, Md.-based DiamondRock Hospitality comes four years after the joint venture partners acquired the property for what now seems like a meager $92 million.
Turner, URS Selected as Design-Build Team for Cleveland Medical Mart
Turner will serve as the design-build contractor on the project, while URS will handle the role of architect of record.
Astellas Breaks Ground on New 425,000 SF Headquarters
Japanese pharmaceutical firm Astellas US Holding, Inc. today broke ground on its new 425,000 square-foot, two-building U.S. headquarters in Glenview, Ill. The acquisition of the eight-acre former Culligan Water site was done last year, with MB Real Estate’s Corporate Services and Tenant Advisory team representing Astellas.
McCaffery Gets Approval for Chicago Lakeside Development Master Plan
Chicago-based development and management firm McCaffery Interests said Wednesday that it has received the go-ahead from the Chicago Plan Commission for the Chicago Lakeside Development Master Plan as well as the enactment of a Planned Development Ordinance that provides the site’s Phase I with the required land use entitlements.
Grubb & Ellis Buys Parkway Medical Center
Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Parkway Medical Center, an 88,000 square-foot, two-building medical office portfolio in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood.
Stan Johnson Opens First Chicago Office
In a continuing expansion initiative nationwide, real estate brokerage and advisory firm Stan Johnson Co. has opened a new regional office in Chicago.
Designer of Sears Tower and John Hancock Center Dies
The architect behind two major Chicago landmarks has died. Bruce J. Graham died at age 84 on March 6 at his Florida home, according to a statement from public relations firm SCC Grossman.
Green Light for $386M First Phase of Kansas City Casino
The path has been cleared for work to commence on a new gaming property in Kansas City, Kan., now that the Kansas Entertainment L.L.C. has received its gaming license from the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission and approval under the Kansas Expanded Lottery Act.
Economy Watch: Beige Book Describes Modest Recovery
The Federal Reserve’s most recent Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions, better known as the Beige Book, wasn’t exactly cheerful about the state of the U.S. economy toward the end of annus horribilis 2009. But it wasn’t precisely pessimistic either.
Chicago CRE Industry Laments Failed Olympic Bid
The pain of Chicago’s loss of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games to Rio deJaneiro is palpable across the country, especially in the Windy City.Local officials had proposed a bevy of new commercial venues in andaround Chicago to accommodate the various competitions; the developmentactivity would have been a big boost for the city. Now, commercial realestate industry players, still reeling from the rejection, arereflecting on what might have been.