CHICAGO-A Lowe's home improvement store is one potential big-box retail operation that could be lured to the 16-acre Scottsdale Shopping Center at the southeast corner of 79th Street and Cicero Avenue.

CHICAGO-The city-owned building at 177-91 N. State St. has 13,000 sf of vacant retail space, but the office portion of the 51,772-sf building is 100% leased with TheatreDreams' deal for the top two floors.

CHICAGO-Developer Barry Paoli's Century 21 McMullen brokerage operation will remain at 6400 N. Northwest Hwy., but in 16,000 sf of the first floor of the $15-million Tuscany Terrace. Two-thirds of the 45 condominiums have been sold.

CHICAGO-Developer Barry Paoli's Century 21 McMullen brokerage operation will remain at 6400 N. Northwest Hwy., but in 16,000 sf of the first floor of the $15-million Tuscany Terrace. Two-thirds of the 45 condominiums have been sold.

CHICAGO-Delta Associates, the research affiliate of Transwestern Commercial Services, notes first-quarter sales averaged $44 per sf, up 5% from a year earlier, despite vacancy rising nearly a half-point to 9.9%.

JOLIET, IL-Tyco Healthcare Group, a tenant at 3901 Rock Creek Blvd. since 1998, signs a 259,200-sf renewal and commits to a 205,200-sf build-to-suit from the industrial park's developer, Atlanta-based IDI, Inc.

JOLIET, IL-Tyco Healthcare Group, a tenant at 3901 Rock Creek Blvd. since 1998, signs a 259,200-sf renewal and commits to a 205,200-sf build-to-suit from the industrial park's developer, Atlanta-based IDI, Inc.

CHICAGO-The lease for the first five floors of an office building to be constructed at Washington and Dearborn streets "will be the first of many we sign with other tenants for this project," says Steven J. Jacobsen, executive vice president of development ay Mills Corp., master developer of 108 N. State St.