CHICAGO-Operator of specialty retial chains Whitehall Co., Lundstrom and Marks Bros. posts a $1.2 million increase in net losses.

ST. LOUIS-Panera Bread Co.'s sales rose sharply last month in both company-owned and franchised stores.

REDMOND, WA-Spiegel, owner the Eddie Bauer clothing chain, will surface from Chapter 11 renamed Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc.

CORTE MADERA, CA-The specialty retailer of home furnishings, bath fixtures and bathware plans to become the leading interior design resource.

ROCHELLE, IL-The Cincinnati-based manufacturer of steel-framing products signs a long-term lease at the first speculative facility within Rochelle's new 300-acre LogistiCenter. The site, which has access to Interstates 39, 88, the Union Pacific Railroad and the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, is also designated a Foreign Trade Zone.

ROCHELLE, IL-The Cincinnati-based manufacturer of steel-framing products signs a long-term lease at the first speculative facility within Rochelle's new 300-acre LogistiCenter. The site, which has access to Interstates 39, 88, the Union Pacific Railroad and the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, is also designated a Foreign Trade Zone.

ATLANTA-Jones Lang LaSalle is expanding its retail portfolio by more than four million sf with six new assignments.

SAN FRANCISCO-Specialty retailer Williams-Sonoma reports a 22% increase in Q1 earnings.