Steven Baer arranges Lease bringing Rock & Brews to Oak Lawn, IL

Oak Lawn, IL (June 25, 2018) – Steven Baer (Principal), of Metro Commercial Real Estate, recently represented the Landlord, Hamilton Partners, in the leasing of 6,500 square feet at Stony Creek Promenade (Phase 2) to Rock & Brews; a restaurant concept backed by KISS rockers, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. Located at the northwest corner…

Nathan Tonnies Arranges Sale of Former PNC Building

Cicero, IL (June 21, 2018) – Nathan Tonnies (Principal), of Metro Commercial Real Estate, recently represented ownership in the sale of a 43,273 square foot office building. Formerly a PNC Bank, the bank building sat on a 0.26-acre parcel at 5900 W. Cermak Rd., in Cicero, Illinois. About Metro Commercial Real Estate Metro Commercial Real…

River North’s Getting a Healthy Fast-Casual Asian Restaurant in the Former Chili’s

The empty River North storefront belonging to the city’s only Chili’s (excluding O’Hare International Airport) is about to get a new tenant. Brightwok Kitchen, a fast-casual Asian restaurant, aims to open a second location by early July at State and Ontario streets. The 1,500-square-foot restaurant is smaller than Brightwok’s Loop location and will focus more on to-go…

Thai rolled ice cream comes to the Magnificent Mile, plus other restaurant news

On a recent Friday at the food court at The Shops at North Bridge, one woman quickly whipped out her phone and recorded the quick chop-chop-chop of scrapers rolling up cigarette-shaped tubes of ice cream, which were subsequently nested into a colorful paper cup and topped with a macaron, a special thanks for her video recording…