BATAVIA, IL-The Essen, Germany-based firm, with its US headquarters here, plans to expand here with both new and upgraded stores, and with new concepts such as urban and mall settings.

LAS VEGAS-Times are much better than they were in 2010, says Edward Indvik, chief executive officer at Lee & Associates.

LAS VEGAS-Joseph Aquino of Prudential Douglas Elliman talks about the leasing of luxury retail at the recent ICSC RECon show.

LAS VEGAS-The middle-core retail is starting to pick up, says Greg Maloney, president and CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle's retail group.

CHICAGO-Local office and industrial markets will not likely see new development, so the continuing cycle should bring better leasing and hopefully better rents, said RealShare panelists.

CHICAGO-Top Chicago executives were positive about the health of all asset classes at the RealShare CHICAGO event held this morning, but agreed that only apartments are going up.

CHICAGO-The CME Group has said it will sell the more than one-million-square-foot north and south buildings in the Chicago Board of Trade complex, while it will keep the third east building.

LONDON-The St. John’s Wood Barracks is currently occupied by soldiers, but when they leave in 2012 a developer can come in and build 133 units of mixed housing, says Knight Frank.