Yearly Archives: 2015

The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant Starbucks property located at 7101 South Stony Island Avenue in Chicago, IL for $1,460,000.

Illinois Conservation Police officers – in observance of National Safe Boating Week – are reminding boat operators and passengers to wear life jackets and stay sober while on the water this boating season

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Bonnett announced the Agency is offering drinking water testing services for Community Water Supplies for fiscal year 2016 (July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016). Through the Illinois EPA Community Water Supply Testing Program, water systems can elect to participate in the program for one complete fiscal year.

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced today that nine stops are scheduled during the final week of its listening tour to talk about the state’s infrastructure needs and priorities. Meetings will be held in Romeoville, Jacksonville and DeKalb on Monday, followed by Moline, Galesburg and Waukegan on Tuesday. The listening tour will visit Joliet and Bourbonnais on Thursday before concluding in Galena on Friday

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) secured language in the FY16 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) funding bill, which passed the House Appropriations Committee this week, mandating the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) develop short and long-term measures to mitigate excessive airplane noise experienced by local communities around O’Hare International Airport. The bill will now head to the full House of Representatives for a vote

he Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today released a six-year, $8.4 billion highway construction plan that fixes and improves roads and bridges throughout the state, but anticipates a rapid deterioration in the overall condition of Illinois infrastructure due to a lack of sustainable investment

The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Walgreens property located at 732 West Old Ridge Road in Hobart, Indiana for $6,093,000.

Noah D. Shlaes., CRE®, Senior Managing Director, Global Corporate Services, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Chicago, will speak May 21 at MIPIM Japan 2015, Asia’s largest international real estate conference, which is being held in Tokyo. He is representing The Counselors of Real Estate® professional association, where he is the organization’s 2015 Chair of the Board

It is an exciting time for the Chicago office of Lee & Associates as we have been able to strengthen our retail bench with the addition of four exceptional retail brokers since the beginning of 2015. These brokers bring a combined 128 years of experience. We are pleased to introduce Mike Woldman, Edward Winslow, CCIM, Joe Grody and Jeffrey Howard.

Peoples Home Equity, a lender with much activity centered in the Midwest was intrigued by a May 11th article by ChicagoBusiness.com titled “How high can downtown apartment rents go?”

The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs announced today that following an extensive selection process, Sherri Whitmer of Princeton, Illinois is now the Veterans Home Administrator for the Illinois Veterans’ Home – LaSalle (IVH-LaSalle)

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), along with Rep. Morgan Griffith (VA-09), introduced the Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act, which would help prevent the deaths of millions of birds by including bird-safe building materials and design features across federal buildings.

The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) today is pleased to announce that Governor Bruce Rauner has appointed Joseph P. Galvan to serve as chairman of the Illinois Housing Development Authority. He brings more than 30 years of public and private sector experience to the position.

U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (IL-14) is an original sponsor of H.R. 2229, the Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2015, a bill which would expand the use of local bank qualified bonds and allow local municipal governments and school districts to increase their use from $10 million to $30 million a year. He cosponsored a similar bill in the 113th Congress.

Governor Bruce Rauner announced today he has nominated James Dimas as the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services and Anna Hui as the Assistant Director of the Illinois Department of Labor. He has also appointed the chairman of the Illinois Housing Development Authority