NBC 5 and Telemundo have consolidated into a single, nearly 70,000‑square‑foot newsroom at NBC Tower, trading daytime‑TV stages for studios built for streaming and social. The move folds multiple floors into one modern newsroom with robotic cameras and AR/VR tools.

Mokena has a cluster of approvals and filings that would add a Lakeside Bank, a 96‑room Staybridge Suites, new restaurants and a food‑truck park to its LaGrange Road corridor.

Trustees approved ordinances to start the sale and redevelopment of the old Traughber Junior High, moving toward a 161‑unit housing plan.

A caisson permit clears the way for foundation work on a seven‑story, 91‑unit project at 4006 N Sheridan in Uptown, and the Holiday Club faces demolition.

A four‑story retail building that replaced the late‑night Taco Bell across from Wrigley Field is on the market with an asking price just over $33 million.

Nuveen paid $27M for Elston Plaza in Avondale, a Jewel‑Osco‑anchored strip center that joins the firm’s growing U.S. grocery‑anchored portfolio.

Newmark’s Midwest multifamily team closed nine Chicago‑area deals in 2025 totaling $689.3M, led by a near‑$175M Streeterville sale and an $88.5M Oak Park trade.

Wichita-based Occidental Management closed 37 transactions totaling 951,144 square feet in 2025, led by Fiserv’s major renovation at the Aspiria campus in Overland Park. The deals combine a marquee tenant with several mid-size leases that are filling out the campus.

Sugar Grove trustees made data centers a special use in M‑1 while staff rewrites zoning to add noise, transparency and green‑energy rules, pausing automatic approvals. The move follows Aurora’s recent overhaul and nearby campus proposals.

Eastham Capital and Bender Companies bought the 270‑unit Park Towers in Richton Park for roughly $30M and plan a phased value‑add renovation program.

Teragonia signed a seven‑year, 16,000‑square‑foot sublease at 318 N. Carpenter in Fulton Market as it looks to grow its Chicago team. Brokers say subleases are tightening in the market.

Leasing and move‑ins are underway at The Junction at OC Living, a 75‑unit, mixed‑income building in North Lawndale. Most units are reserved as affordable and the site sits next to a new health and retail hub.

The owner of the 261‑room Royal Sonesta Chicago River North has put the hotel at 505 N. State Street on the market, a high‑profile listing for downtown Chicago. Investors will watch the sale as a test of demand for large urban hotels.