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Mid-America Closes Sale with Target at Wilson Yard Redevelopment in Chicago
Oct 28, 2008

Mid-America Asset Management Inc. announced that Target closed on the sale of 132,000 square feet at the Wilson Yard mixed-use redevelopment that is under construction in Uptown Chicago. The retailer plans to open in fall 2010 along with 20,000 square feet of
specialty retail. Mid-America represented the seller, Chicago-based Holsten Real Estate Development Corp., which is the lead developer of the five-acre project. Gershman Brown Crowley Inc. represented Target, which purchased the site for an undisclosed amount.  The $150 million Wilson Yard development is situated on the site of a former Chicago Transit Authority Rail Yard that was an operation and maintenance facility for the railroad system.

 
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