WHEELING, IL-In these recessionary times, fewer industrial real estate deals are going through in the suburbs. Spec building in particular has slowed to a crawl, but build-to-suits are still moving from the drawing boards to completion.

BROOKFIELD, IL-British Home Community plans one-and two-bedroom apartments on its 10-acre facility. A fall 2002 opening is planned.

JOLIET, IL-In the first major deal since the redevelopment of the former Joliet Arsenal, a 300,000-sf distribution center will be built there for Partners Warehouse Inc.

AURORA-IL-The current slowdown hasn't meant the end of spec industrial construction, at least in Chicago's far western suburb of Aurora, where a number of new projects have broken ground this summer.

CHICAGO-Although the economy may be slower now than it has been in a number of years, a new report finds that the appetite of investors for retail properties in the northern suburbs is still strong.

CHICAGO - NY State-based REIT aquires its second multifamily property in the Chicago area.

CHICAGO-Montgomery Wards, one of the largest privately held retail chains in the country, can no longer make a go of it after over 130 years in business.

CHICAGO - The Pritzker family's latest move into commercial real estate will