LOMBARD, IL-Principal Life signs a 28,905-sf renewal and expansion at St. Paul Properties' Butterfield Centre in Lombard while Dental Network of America renews its 28,847-sf lease at Two TransAm Plaza in Oakbrook Terrace.

CHICAGO-The largest US office REIT was approaching its $1.1-billion share repurchase limit until its board of directors increased it to $1.6 billion.

CHICAGO-The largest US office REIT was approaching its $1.1-billion share repurchase limit until its board of directors increased it to $1.6 billion.

CHICAGO-Tenants are still returning at Equity Office Properties Trust's 1.2-million-sf Lakeway complex in suburban Metairie, LA, where damage from Hurricane Katrina totaled $12.5 million. Equity Residential reports $3.7 million in damage related to hurricanes and two fires.

CHICAGO-Tenants are still returning at Equity Office Properties Trust's 1.2-million-sf Lakeway complex in suburban Metairie, LA, where damage from Hurricane Katrina totaled $12.5 million. Equity Residential reports $3.7 million in damage related to hurricanes and two fires.

SAUK VILLAGE, IL-The Appleton, WI-based third-party logistics and warehousing firm is the first tenant at the five-million-sf, $150-million industrial park being co-developed by DP Partners and the village.

SAUK VILLAGE, IL-The Appleton, WI-based third-party logistics and warehousing firm is the first tenant at the five-million-sf, $150-million industrial park being co-developed by DP Partners and the village.

CHICAGO-The Atlanta-based affiliate of Apollo Real Estate Advisors pays $43 million, or $110 per sf, for the 36-year-old West Loop building 69% occupied by Harris Bank.