DALLAS-Convenience-store giant 7-Eleven reports strong merchandise sales and increased profits during the first quarter.

JACKSON, MI-Abrams Industries sells the 110,000-sf Merchants Crossing Shopping Center for $7.4 million. The center, which is anchored by Kroger, Big Lots and Family Dollar, is the second retail center to be released by the company in the last two months.

CHICAGO-Cold Stone Creamery plans to expand its Illinois operations. Currently the ice cream giant operates 41 stores across the state and anticipates another 75 in the next three to five years.

CHICAGO-Cold Stone Creamery today announced plans to expand its Illinois operations. Currently the ice cream giant operates 41 stores across the state and anticipates another 75 in the next three to five years.

McCOOK, IL-Cicero, IL-based MailTech, a production printing and fulfillment firm, is relocating its headquarters to McCook Industrial Center. Located 15 miles from Chicago along the Interstate 55 Corridor, the company maintains access to its Chicago labor pool.

CHICAGO-Boston-based First Union is providing 25 convertible mezzanine loans representing interests in 25 Chicagoland office properties, which have an aggregate value of approximately $395 million.

CHICAGO-Boston-based First Union is providing 25 convertible mezzanine loans representing interests in 25 Chicagoland office properties, which have an aggregate value of approximately $395 million.