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Passco acquires 260-unit multifamily property adjacent to Mellody Farms

Passco Companies, a privately held, California-based commercial real estate company, has acquired The Atworth at Mellody Farm, a 260-unit luxury multifamily community in Vernon Hills,…

HQ-Who? Tech firms still hot on Chicago as Google will double Fulton Market footprint to 1 MSF

Tech giant Google helped propel the demand for Fulton Market office space when it moved in four years ago. Now, reports indicate that the firm…

Miami-based developer taps Focus to build Old Town apartment project

Chicago-based Focus has been selected by Miami Beach-based Lakshmi Capital Management to act as the general contractor for a new project in Chicago's Old Town…

Focus, Shapack Partners break ground on 167 Green Street in Fulton Market

Last week, representatives from Focus, Shapack Partners, Gensler and Walton Street Capital joined city of Chicago officials in a groundbreaking ceremony for 167 N. Green Street.…

Q&A: Tim Anderson of Focus

Tim Anderson is CEO and founder of Focus, a Chicago-based firm that delivers development, construction and consulting services. He got his start in commercial real…

Chicago’s multifamily market thriving, evolving

With all the activity going on in multifamily these days, many question what the next frontier of this asset class looks like. Yesterday morning, over…

Assessing the multifamily sector, from deconversions to affordable housing

The multifamily sector is one of Chicago's most active asset classes right now. But there are still so many unknowns and evolving trends—from deconversion to…

New nine-story transit-oriented development breaks ground in Evanston

Chicago-based developers CA Ventures and Focus recently celebrated the groundbreaking of 811 Emerson, a nine-story, 241-unit transit-oriented development at 811 Emerson Street in Evanston, Illinois.…

Chicagoland Apartment/Multifamily Summit 2018

For the ninth straight year, REjournals has hosted its Chicagoland Apartment/Multifamily Summit. This year, over 300 industry professionals came out to the Montgomery Club to…