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Lee & Associates Closes $7 Million Industrial Sale

Torrance, CA - November 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest and fastest growing full-service national commercial real estate providers, has closed a $7 million industrial sale at 2230-2300 Ridge Drive in Glenview, Ill.

Realty Executives Hosts Charitable Event

Westmont, IL - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realty Executives of Illinois, Executive Council hosted "BOO~ling For Wishes" on Wednesday October 24. There were over 70 Halloween costumed guests in attendance for Cosmic Bowling, raffles, and a live auction at the Brunswick Zone.

Daniel B. Teitelbaum Joins Pircher, Nichols & Meeks

Torrance, CA - October 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Daniel B. Teitelbaum has joined the national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols & Meeks as an associate in the Chicago office. In his new position, he will be engaged in real estate financing, acquisitions and dispositions, as well as leasing

Susan V. Kai Joins Pircher, Nichols & Meeks

Torrance, CA - October 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols & Meeks has hired Susan V. Kai as an associate in its Chicago office. In her new position, she will be engaged in real estate financing, acquisitions and dispositions, as well as leasing.

Lee & Associates Closes 145,000-SF Industrial Sale

Torrance, CA - September 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country with regional expertise, has closed a 145,000-square-foot industrial sale at 903 Carlow Drive in Bolingbrook, Ill. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Real Estate Agent Survey Points to a Chicagoland Housing Recovery

Chicago, IL - August 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Chicago Agent magazine survey found that there are a few signs the market may be coming back. Some of the highlights include Agents are making a higher average annual salary of $95,000, just 15 percent less than pre-recession average income of about $111,000

Elizabeth A. Berlinsky Joins Pircher, Nichols & Meeks

Torrance, CA - August 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Elizabeth A. Berlinsky has joined the national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols & Meeks as an associate in its Chicago office. In her new position, she will focus on representing both landlords and tenants in commercial real estate leasing transactions.

Lee & Associates Negotiates 10-Year Industrial Lease in Joliet

Torrance, CA - August 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has negotiated a 10-year industrial lease for a 236,273-square-foot unit in a Class-A distribution facility in Joliet, Ill. Located at 3500 Corporate Dr., the facility, a total of 442,484 square feet, will be the new home to Johnstone Supply Inc.

Lee & Associates Negotiates $12 Million Office Lease

Torrance, CA - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest and fastest growing full service national commercial real estate providers has negotiated the $12 million long-term lease for two floors of the President’s Plaza Complex at 8700 Bryn Mawr Ave. in Chicago.

The Boulder Group Arranges Sale of a Triple Net Leased Budget Rent a Car...

Northbrook, IL - June 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant Budget Rent a Car property located at 8940 S. Cicero Avenue in Oak Lawn, IL for $1,135,000.

Chris Stefani and IDX, Inc. make custom online home search available to Chicago, Illinois...

EUGENE, OR - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces Chicago, Illinois Realtor Chris Stefani has become the latest real estate professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution. By adding the unique IDX Broker software to his D’Aprile Properties, LLC website, Stefani has forever changed the way he does business and communicates with his clients online. As a member of the Midwest Real Estate Data MLS (MRED), Stefani’s IDX-enabled website now extracts raw listing data from MRED and seamlessly integrates it onto his search pages. Thousands of Illinois property listings are now easily accessible to home seekers through Stefani’s comprehensive online real estate resource

RKF CHICAGO OFFICE GROWS TEAM WITH ANNOUCEMENT OF TWO NEW DIRECTORS

Chicago, Il - May 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- RKF is pleased to announce that Steve Schwartz and Lara Keene have joined the firm’s Chicago office as directors. Schwartz and Keene, formerly of Baum Realty Group, LLC, mark the latest additions to the RKF Chicago office, which opened this past April as part of the firm’s ongoing expansion into key urban markets nationwide. RKF continues to speak with a number of prominent retail leasing specialists and expects to keep growing its team in the coming months

David C. Presser Joins Pircher, Nichols & Meeks

Torrance, CA - May 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- David C. Presser has joined national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols & Meeks as an associate in its Chicago office. In his new position, he will focus on corporate transactions and private equity.

IDX Broker supplies iPhone-enabled property search to Illinois clients of Shannon Lewis

EUGENE, OR - May 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and real estate professional Shannon Lewis of Raba Realty have enabled a remarkable IDX solution on her professional website with the premier IDX Broker software. Champaign County MLS (CHMLS) listings are displayed directly on the search page Lewis hosts online, giving area home seekers a comprehensive and efficient way to search through thousands of properties on the market without ever leaving the convenience Lewis’ website.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD BROKERS LEASE EXPANSION AND EXTENSION FOR PARTS TOWN

ADDISON, IL - May 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Just two years ago, restaurant equipment parts supplier Parts Town inked a 64,409-square-foot headquarters and distribution center lease in Addison, Ill., and now the company has expanded its presence at 1150A N. Swift Rd. to a total of 103,000 square feet. As in the earlier transaction, Parts Town was represented by the Cushman & Wakefield-Chicago Suburban team of Jason West, Sean Henrick and Michael Magliano. Cushman & Wakefield’s Britt Casey and Mike Hawryluk represented the ownership, a pension fund client of Lincoln Property Company affiliate Lincoln Advisory Group, Ltd.

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Investigation by CHA and HUD Inspectors General ends with guilty plea...

The Chicago Housing Authority will receive restitution for money stolen by a former contractor and her husband after the pair pleaded guilty to stealing funds intended for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, a crime that was exposed following an investigation by the CHA’s Office of the Inspector General.

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