CEDARst Companies closes on new property at Broadway and Foster in Chicago
A new TOD development in Edgewater is about to take shape at 1137 W. Foster Avenue. CEDARst Companies will invest nearly $8 million to develop…
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Associated Bank completes $11.2M loan for Buffalo Grove retail development
Associated Bank announced the completion of an $11,245,000 loan to Shorewood Development Group to refinance an existing land acquisition loan and provide funds for the…
Navigating the changing tides of CRE financing
In today's world of commercial real estate finance, there is a vast ocean of cash available to fill a capital stack. The financing world has…
Associated Bank completes $4.1M loan for new 7-Eleven in Chicago
Associated Bank announced the completion of a $4,100,000 construction loan to GW Clybourn, LLC for a new 3,000-square-foot building that will house a 7-Eleven gas…
Associated Bank provides $29 million loan for Wisconsin mall redevelopment
Associated Bank recently completed a $29.4 million syndicated construction loan for the redevelopment of a former Sears building at Brookfield Square in the Milwaukee suburb…
Commercial lenders far from slowdown mode as financing requests keep flowing
The commercial real estate business has been on a hot streak for nearly a decade now. This streak has fueled the business of developers and…
Chicago missing out on HQ2 could be a mixed blessing
With speculation leaning toward three cities other than Chicago as finalists for a potentially split Amazon HQ2, it apparently is time for Chicago's city and…
Transportation and logistics drive industrial activity in and around Chicago
Nothing is hotter than industrial, and nothing is fueling that more than e-commerce, which is driving up demand for logistical and fulfillment properties. For that…
The road ahead for logistics is all clear
The impact that transportation and logistics have had on industrial real estate over the past decade is unprecedented. The flow of goods, spurred on by…
Associated Bank’s Schmidt: Industrial leading the way for financing requests
Paul Schmidt is a veteran of the commercial finance business. And as executive vice president and head of commercial real estate based in the Minneapolis office…