Office owners, users confront a new age of safety protocols
08/03/2020 - Touchless entry, thermal cameras and other changes will alter the rules of engagement once downtown workers venture back to their workplaces.
This office building at 2017 N. Mendell St. offers tenants an...
Technology at the Forefront for Healthier High-Rise Buildings
06/07/2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has real estate developers turning to new tech, like UV light treatments and touchless entrances, to create safer environments for residents
Wellness, a trend that has been influencing...
Baker Development lands $70M refi on Kohl's-anchored retail complex
12/11/2019 - The loan comes months after the developer marketed the Bucktown property for $100M
Elston Avenue retail complex and Baker Development President Warren Baker (Credit: Google Maps)
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$28M industrial complex begins construction in Goodyear
08/31/2019 - Project is first foray into Valley market for Chicago developer
New York-based Foundation Capital Partners and Chicago-based Baker Development Corporation are building a two-building industrial complex in...
Lincoln Park apartment developer refinances Elevate complex
07/15/2019 - Baker Development Group received a nearly $79M loan from Greystone on the complex, records show
Baker Development Group president Warren Baker and Elevate Lincoln Park (Credit: Baker Development, HFF)
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JLL arranges financing for ELEVATE in Chicago's Lincoln Park
07/12/2019 - JLL has arranged financing for ELEVATE, a newly built, 11-story luxury apartment building located in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Baker...
Prime Steaks Arrive Inside New Lincoln Park Luxury Apartment Building
11/27/2018 - Bobby’s Lincoln Park’s owners run two suburban restaurants
Lincoln Park has a new restaurant for prime steaks from a family behind a pair of suburban Italian eateries. Bobby’s Lincoln Park debuted last week...
For Developers Seeking Tenants And Tenants Seeking Top Talent, Art Works
07/26/2018 -
In the dog-eat-dog world forged from today's battle for top talent, employers are no longer content offering free beer and fitness centers as job candidate bait. That trend hasn't been missed by architects and...
CRE Future Leaders: Jordan Silver
06/28/2018 -
As part of our series, CRE Future Leaders, we caught up Jordan Silver, managing director at Baker Development Corporation. Silver has a background in finance and has underwritten over $1 billion of multifamily...
Baker Completes Chicago Office Redevelopment
06/04/2018 - The 2017 N. Mendell project called for the repurposing of a century-old industrial building between the Chicago River and Elston Avenue, which offers customizable spaces ranging from 3,800 to 17,000 square feet...
Baker Nears Completion of 62,000 SF Office Redevelopment in Chicago
06/01/2018 -
CHICAGO — Baker Development Corp. has completed the exterior construction of 2017 N. Mendell, a 62,000-square-foot office redevelopment in Chicago. The property was formerly an industrial building and will be...
Chicago’s Industrial Corridor Renaissance
04/19/2018 - The North Branch Industrial Corridor is part of local authorities’ Industrial Corridor Modernization Initiative, a multi-year effort to review the city’s designated industrial areas. Baker Development Corp....
Elevate Lincoln Park opens up to pre-leasing
03/23/2018 -
Baker Development Corporation has announced the start of pre-leasing at ELEVATE Lincoln Park, an 11-story, mixed-use development that will bring 191 luxury apartments and 16,000 square feet of street-level...
Medical office building planned for Lincoln Park
07/27/2017 - Photo by Danny Ecker
A Chicago developer wants to build a four-story medical office building in Lincoln Park with high visibility from the Kennedy Expressway.
A venture of developer Warren Baker applied to...
BAKER ANNOUNCES VERTICAL SUBDIVISION AND SALE OF OFFICE TOWER
04/11/2016 - BDC announces the sale of the 100,000 s.f. office component at 105 W. Madison and will retain ownership of the ground floor and second floor retail components.
BAKER DEVELOPMENT STRIKES FIRST IN HOT LINCOLN PARK OFFICE MARKET
04/08/2016 - Chicago based developer Baker Development Corporation has completed it’s purchase of the former Stawski Distributors building at 2017 N. Mendell in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The firm’s redevelopment...
ELEVATE LINCOLN PARK SETS NEW HEIGHTS
03/15/2016 - A once proud stretch of Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park will be undergoing a transformation this March as Baker Development Corporation demolishes the old Lincoln Centre complex and begins construction on ELEVATE...
Vintage Loop office building fetches $13 million
10/27/2014 - The 126,000-square-foot tower at 105 W. Madison, built in 1928, is about 60 percent leased. Photo from CoStar Group Inc.Chicago developer Warren Baker paid $13 million for a vintage Loop office building, with...
