South Bay commercial real estate market heats up
Silicon Valley developers are racing to erect office and R&D buildings to meet a fresh surge of expansions by tech companies that's turning the region into a commercial real estate boomtown.

KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT Acquires 196-Unit Apartment Complex in Chicago Suburb
CHICAGO, IL-- - KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT has acquired Poplar Creek, a 196-unit apartment complex located in Schaumburg, Ill., a prominent suburb of Chicago. The 12.8-acre complex was acquired ...

Manhattan Software Announces Strategic Partnership With Indiabulls for Enterprise Real Estate Consulting
MILFORD, Mass., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Manhattan Software, the global leader in enterprise real estate software and a leader in the 2011 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integrated Workplace Management ...

Industrial Land Shortage
Addition of Farbest Leaves County with No More Large Parcels in Industrial Park

Park Ridge suicide victim identified
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the body of an apparent suicide victim found in Park Ridge as that of a 45-year-old Park Ridge man. The Medical Examiner’s Office said the victim was identified as John Tsichlis. His body was discovered by a man walking his dog Feb. 2 in a wooded area north of Riverside Drive/Algonquin Road and Oakton Street. An autopsy conducted Feb. 4 ...

Industrial park planned for Everett’s Associated Sand & Gravel site
The old Associated Sand & Gravel site in Everett near Paine Field will be home to a 25-acre industrial park.

CoStar Group's Property and Portfolio Research Division Appoints Mark Berry as Senior CRE Strategist
WASHINGTON -- CoStar Group, Inc. , commercial real estate's leading provider of information and analytic services, announced today that Mark Berry has joined its Property and Portfolio Research (PPR) division ...

Little Horn State Bank building new bank
Little Horn State Bank is about to get smaller, in terms of locations, not assets. Instead of running two branches, one in Lockwood off Johnson Lane and the main office at 2209 Central Ave., the bank is consolidating.

Fireman's Contractors Adds Riverbend Properties as New Commercial Client
DALLAS, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Fireman's Contractors, Inc. (OTCBB: FRCN.OB - News) (OTCQB: FRCN.OB - News) today announced a new commercial contract with Riverbend Properties, a premier Texas business park located ...