Illinois

 
15 May 2013
CenterPoint Properties has broken ground on an 87,975 square foot build-to-suit redevelopment in Elk Grove Village, Ill.
Cushman & Wakefield’s largest deal year-to-date involved a 367,999 square foot, long-term lease for Waters of America in Woodridge, Ill.
 
13 May 2013
Chicago continues to be one of the “hottest industrial leasing markets” in the country, according to Britt Casey, executive director of Cushman & Wakefield.
Warehouse interior
 
01 May 2013
Sustained nationwide growth in the construction and absorption of warehouse space indicates that the recovery in the industrial real estate market is here to stay.
 
01 May 2013
Barcoding Inc. has purchased Lake Zurich, Ill.-based Miles Technologies.
Roadrunner truck
 
01 May 2013
Roadrunner Transportation Systems on April 30 announced two acquisitions.
 
22 Apr 2013
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened three new Centers of Excellence and Expertise, featuring base metals in Chicago; industrial and manufacturing materials in Buffalo, N.Y.; and machinery in Laredo, Texas.
Steve Signall, chairman of the Tri-City Port Board, and Gary LaGrange, executive director of the Port of New Orleans, shake hands after executing a joint marketing deal.
 
11 Apr 2013
Officials with America’s Central Port in Illinois and the Port of New Orleans have formalized a marketing agreement to identify and facilitate commercial opportunities between the two ports.
Golden State Foods sign and tractor, McDonald's trailer. PRNewsFoto/Golden State Foods
 
03 Apr 2013
Golden State Foods has acquired a McDonald’s distribution center in Lebanon, Ill., from Gateway Distribution.
 
20 Mar 2013
Canadian National Railway has moved its forest products transload facility to North America Stevedoring Company’s operation at the Port of Chicago.
 
07 Mar 2013
Graybar has opened two new branches in Carrizo Springs, Texas, and Dickinson, N.D., and a new sales office in Rockford, Ill.
 
27 Feb 2013
Matthew S. Davies, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Chicago-area port director, was sworn into office during a Customs’ Chicago field operations change of command ceremony last week.