Thomas A. Corfman

Aon Center, the 80-story trophy tower overlooking Grant Park, is going up for sale, as another landlord looks to take advantage of investors' strong demand for premier downtown properties. Blackstone...

A well-known Chicago retail real estate firm and an experienced hotel investor are working on a deal to convert the Loop's Majestic Building into a boutique hotel, a redevelopment that...

CompUSA Inc. is reviewing options for its store across from the Chicago Water Tower, including finding another retailer to take over the high-profile location near Michigan Avenue. The 42,000-square-foot store,...

CNA Financial Corp., after scaling back its headquarters staff, has signed a letter of intent to sell the mostly vacant north tower of its downtown office complex. Opportunistic real estate...

A low-profile real estate executive whose ambitious plan to develop the world's tallest building foundered two years ago has signed a letter of intent to buy a tower in the...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has hired real estate firm Staubach Co. to study the market value of Lakeside Hospital, a first step toward the possible sale of the Streeterville...

At least one Pritzker family business won't be a tenant in the Wacker Drive skyscraper planned by the real estate arm of the billionaire Chicago family, as Marmon Group Inc....

Opportunistic investment firm Walton Street Capital LLC, whose principals include financier Neil Bluhm, has gained control of Lincolnwood Place, a north suburban senior housing development that has been facing foreclosure...

A Texas real estate investor's ill-timed investment in Enron Corp. allegedly has compounded the troubles related to the foreclosure of an industrial development southwest of Chicago. On Nov. 1, Houston-based...

At the last minute, Prime Group Realty Trust has killed a deal to sell control of 180 N. LaSalle St., the second time in recent months that the troubled real...