66 Office Buildings for Sale in Chicago, IL

Nearly 2.9 million square feet of Chicago office space was home to life sciences activity, which represented the ninth-largest life sciences real estate market in our ranking. And, 1.1 million of that was already LEED-certified, which placed Chicago fifth-best on our green life sciences stock index.

South Korean investment firm Mirae Asset Global sold its Chicago Loop office tower to San Francisco-based Spear Street Capital. The property changed hands for $210 million in cash, a slight decrease from the $220 million that had been previously agreed upon in March.

Just two years after purchasing the Presidents Plaza towers in the O’Hare International Airport area of Chicago, the owners — Angelo Gordon and Glenstar Properties — have successfully refinanced the two-property complex for nearly $147.5 million. The LEED Silver-certified Presidents Plaza sits on 14.1 acres at 8600-8700 West Bryn Mawr Ave., east of O’Hare along the Blue Line.

Meanwhile, in the Midwest, Blackstone paid $1.3 billion in 2015 to acquire the Willis Tower, which tops the 20-year list of best-selling office buildings in that region. A year before the sale of Willis Tower, another Chicago office space – located at 300 North LaSalle Drive – changed hands for $850 million.