Thomas A. Corfman

In a bet that demand for downtown office space will soon improve, suburban real estate developer Hamilton Partners has a contract to acquire 29 and 39 S. LaSalle St., two...

In response to interest from potential buyers, executives with John Buck Co. are weighing options for 111 S. Wacker Drive, including marketing the project to institutional investors who would agree...

Park Ridge real estate investor James Purcell is close to a deal to buy the Doral Plaza, the apartment high-rise overlooking Millennium Park, at a top-dollar price of more than...

Longtime Chicago-based Beltone Electronics Corp. has signed a letter of intent to move its offices from the Northwest Side to Glenview. The hearing aid maker is negotiating a long-term lease...

Hershey Foods Corp. has plans to open a namesake chocolate store on the Magnificent Mile, across from the Water Tower. The confectionery giant has signed a letter of intent to...

An opportunistic Chicago real estate firm has a deal to buy the vacant Toys "R" Us store on State Street, with plans to redevelop the structure by leasing it to...

Republic Windows and Doors Inc. is exploring a refinancing or sale/lease-back of its office and manufacturing facility, a key project in the industrial redevelopment of Goose Island when it opened...

Planning for the expansion of its corporate offices, Deerfield-based Walgreen Co. has agreed to buy two nearby office buildings for about $19 million. The drugstore chain is buying 1411 and...

Daniel McLean has bought back the retail space and parking garage in River East Center, the Streeterville mixed-use project that the Chicago developer completed two years ago. Sources said the...

A venture managed by John Buck Co. is close to an agreement to sell a renovated skyscraper along the South Branch of the Chicago River to a Boston investment firm...