Charter One Bank, acquired by Rhode Island-based Citizens Financial Group, Inc. last month, is taking the entire second floor of the five-story building. Earlier this summer, Meridian Leasing Corp. leased 53,647 sf at Nine Parkway North, part of the six-building Parkway North Center, north of Lake-Cook Road on the west side of the Tri-State Tollway. Although terms were not disclosed, published net lease rates at Parkway North Center range from $14 per sf to $18 per sf.

"CarrAmerica is very encouraged by the activity we've had at Nine Parkway North this summer and by the fact that we are continuing to attract some of the most successful companies in the north suburban submarket," says Jerry O'Malley, CarrAmerica managing director for Chicago. He represented the joint venture in negotiations with Sean Kropke of CB Richard Ellis, Inc.