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Rejuvenate Bio Finds a Home in Sorrento Valley

San Diego biotech company, Rejuvenate Bio, expands its life-saving research operations with a major lease at Sterling Bay’s recently redeveloped Dunhill Roselle.

Chicago developer Sterling Bay hosts annual Holiday Bazaar for Englewood community

In its third consecutive year, Sterling Bay’s Holiday Giving event in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood provided critical healthcare services and winter essentials to residents in need.

West Midtown office tower breaks ground without tenants in tow

As construction begins on a 14-story office tower in West Midtown, its developers believe it will quickly attract tenants despite current economic headwinds and questions surrounding post-pandemic...

Residential tower would overlook Lincoln Yards site

Developer Sterling Bay plans to build 359 units at 2031 N. Kingsbury St. Read more in the Chicago Sun-Times article

Colorado’s biggest corporations are investing in saving bees

Industry giants in Colorado host hives as way to support surrounding ecosystems Read more in The Denver Post article

Sterling Bay Launching First Atlanta Office Project Completely On Spec

Chicago developer Sterling Bay, in a partnership with Charlotte developer Asana Partners, is breaking ground on a new office building in West Midtown without a single tenant...

UCity life-sciences building boom continues with a 13-story proposal that minimizes parking

Sterling Bay acquires 3801 Chesnut Street in Philadelphia, proposing a state-of-the-art life sciences facility in the heart of University City, one of the nation’s fastest growing medical research districts.

Solar-powered apartments proposed on Near South Side

Solar panels may soon cover the Near South Side rooftop that used to hold a big sign that read “Muhammad Speaks. If a zoning change is approved,...

CitizenM opening Michigan Avenue ‘micro-hotel’ with 150-square-foot rooms

A Dutch hotel chain — CitizenM — said it will open its first Chicago location at Sterling Bay’s mixed-use development at 300 North Michigan Avenue later next...

Sterling Bay breaks ground on 225 N. Elizabeth

Sterling Bay has broken ground on their latest Fulton Market project at 225 N. Elizabeth. Teaming up again with Ascentris, a Denver-based real estate private equity firm,...

Sterling Bay’s Lincoln Yards project hopes to lead the next wave of life-sciences development in Chicago

Sterling Bay broke ground at Ally, a 320,000-square-foot project along the Chicago River as part of its Lincoln Yards development last fall, and hopes to finish structural...

Investment firm moving Chicago office to Fulton Market

A Boston-based investment management firm is looking to beef up its headcount in Chicago and has leased a new office in the Fulton Market District to give...

Developer set to build Chicago’s first mass-timber building

Developer Sterling Bay is set to begin construction of Chicago’s first mass timber building, a nine-story,apartment tower in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. If approved by City Council,...

Sterling Bay and Eden Health bring premium healthcare amenities to major office spaces

Together with Eden Health, a national medical practice founded by Chicago native, Matt McCambridge, Sterling Bay is setting a new standard for employee-centric workplaces by offering tenants...

McDonald’s HQ to sell for about $420 million, a record for Chicago’s Fulton Market district

Sterling Bay has a deal to sell McDonald’s headquarters building for about $420 million, in what would be the highest-priced property sale of the year and a...

Sterling Bay Expands to Southern California

Sterling Bay has opened Sterling Bay West in Newport Beach. KBS veterans Rodney Richerson and Clint Copulos will run the new office, which will focus on expanding...

Sterling Bay and Magellan break ground on Michigan Avenue mixed-use tower

Sterling Bay and Magellan Development Group broke ground on 300 N Michigan Avenue, a brand-new 47-story tower located between Millennium Park and the Chicago Riverwalk. When completed,...

Sterling Bay, Davis Theater and Facets join forces for a pop-up drive-in at Lincoln Yards

The Drive-In at Lincoln Yards opens June 25 with “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” The project is a collaboration of real estate development giant Sterling Bay, the for-profit...

Sterling Bay donates hand sanitizer to Chicago’s First Responders

Sterling Bay, through the work of its philanthropic initiative, SB Cares, has partnered with local spirits producer, Sneaky Fox, to manufacture and donate 150 gallons of much-needed...

Development team talks design features of 475K-SF tower in Deep Ellum

A first look at Sterling Bay’s proposed 475K SF office development in Deep Ellum. See Dallas Business Journal for more details.

Sterling Bay to back life sciences startups, with eye on Lincoln Yards

Chicago real estate developer Sterling Bay aims to make Lincoln Park a center for life sciences research, an industry that the firm hopes will fill a lot...

Video: 2020 BIO CEO & Investor Conference

Sterling Bay’s Director of Life Sciences, Catherine Vorwald, attended the 2020 BIO CEO & Investor Conference to discuss our team’s strategy behind developing high-quality biomedical research labs...

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Sterling Bay is a Proud Partner of HIRE360

Sterling Bay is a proud partner of HIRE360, a Chicago-based initiative that expands employment and advancement opportunities for community residents in the manufacturing and construction industries. By...

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Sterling Bay Opens Fleet Fields at Lincoln Yards

Sterling Bay proudly announces opening of Fleet Fields at Lincoln Yards, a pop-up sports field open to the public for programmed and open play in the North...

Sterling Bay Boosts Its Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Sterling Bay is proud to announce that in support of its efforts to enhance and expand our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA), both within...

Sterling Bay-backed Apartment Factory Gears Up

Workers in a South Lawndale plant are about to begin making modules that will be assembled this summer into 10 three-flat apartment buildings on vacant Near West...

Sterling Bay plans affordable housing on more than 100 vacant lots in Chicago, using modular construction.

Sterling Bay plans to build affordable housing on more than 100 vacant lots on Chicago’s South and West sides, as the developer known for larger and glitzier projects...

Megadevelopments just got approved for Chicago’s North Side and South Loop. Here’s what gets built first.

After years of planning and recent months of heated public debates about Lincoln Yards and The 78, Chicago’s $13 billion pair of riverfront megadevelopments are shifting from...

Can Sterling Bay re-create Fulton Market office magic at Lincoln Yards?

Winning City Council approval for its giant North Branch neighborhood-in-the-making may turn out to be the easy part compared to the challenge of luring companies to set...

Sterling Bay is changing the face of Chicago with huge developments like Lincoln Yards.

After watching its Lincoln Yards plan spiral into one of the most hotly debated real estate developments in recent Chicago history, Sterling Bay is on the cusp...

This is about more than Lincoln Yards, Chicago

There is more at stake now than Sterling Bay’s plans or one alderman’s re-election hopes. A setback for Lincoln Yards would send a powerful message—at precisely the wrong...

Our Vision for Lincoln Yards is Progressive and Inclusive, an Op-Ed by Andy Gloor

Sterling Bay’s Managing Principal, Andy Gloor, writes an Op-Ed for Chicago Sun-Times highlighting why the Lincoln Yards project is right for the City of Chicago.

Sterling Bay, in partnership with Chicago Public Library

Sterling Bay, in partnership with Chicago Public Library, proudly celebrated the Grand Opening of the West Loop neighborhood’s first public library branch on Thursday, January 17th with...

We’re Listening

We have been hard at work over the last several months updating and revising our renderings and master plan for Lincoln Yards. At each stage in the...

Why a logistics company bet on Lincoln Yards

If Sterling Bay needs a hand solving traffic issues at its proposed Lincoln Yards project, its first tenant there should know a thing or two about getting...

Sterling Bay Names Former Citadel Executive Scott Rafferty to Director of Investor Relations

Sterling Bay, the Chicago-based real estate development and investment firm, today announced that Scott Rafferty will join as Director of Investor Relations, a new role signifying the continued expansion and...

Sterling Bay Hosts 8th Annual Benefit Bash

Sterling Bay is proud to be hosting our eighth annual Benefit Bash benefiting Misericordia, a local non-profit supporting individuals with developmental disabilities in maximizing their level of...

Landmark flag honors fallen First Responders

On July 2nd, Sterling Bay raised a landmark 200’ flagpole at 1100 W Grand. Flying both American and Chicago flags, the site recognizes first responders who have lost their...

McDonald’s Global HQ officially opens in Fulton Market

Chicago is now the official home of the Golden Arches. McDonald’s unveiled its new $250 million headquarters building in the Fulton Market district Monday, a move that...

Tom Ricketts looks to add another pro sports franchise

Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is teaming up with developer Sterling Bay to add soccer to his local sports empire. In a deal that could help launch...

First Amazon, then pro soccer. Now an entertainment district is imagined for Lincoln Yards development

Concert booking and ticket-selling giant Live Nation Entertainment has struck a deal to help build and operate as many as five entertainment venues within Sterling Bay’s massive Lincoln Yards...

Reintroducing Portland’s Meier & Frank Building

Sterling Bay is currently transforming the first five floors of this 16-story architectural classic into creative office space unlike anything else in Portland. Learn more at meierandfrankpdx.com.

Green Street Animation

Fulton Market is Chicago’s hottest neighborhood and Green Street is its most sought-after address. Learn more about three new ground breaking developments from Sterling Bay: 330 N...

Sterling Bay Kicks Off 2018 5Kto1K

Sterling Bay announced it will host the fourth annual 5Kto1K Neighborhood Run on April 15, 2018.  Net proceeds from 5Kto1K are donated to Cara, a local non-profit...

The next generation of work perks ironically focus on work-life balance

While Amazon continues its search for the next North American city to host its second headquarters, the online shopping company is no doubt also looking at what to...

Sterling Bay wraps up $510 million deal for Groupon HQ

Sterling Bay on Wednesday finalized its $510 million purchase of Groupon’s headquarters along the Chicago River, the largest deal ever for the 31-year-old firm. That distinction will be...

This Year’s Best New Buildings and Developments

The world looks to Chicago for innovation in architecture and design. We certainly didn’t disappoint in 2017.

Sterling Bay Receives Community Builder Award

On December 6, 2017, the Builders Association recognized Sterling Bay with the Community Builder Award. The Community Builder Award was instituted at the Builders Association’s 100th Anniversary...

Sterling Bay’s Benefit Bash raises money for Misericordia

On Thursday, September 28, Sterling Bay hosted our seventh annual Benefit Bash at Fremont in River North. Over sixty corporate sponsors and 500 attendees supported this year’s...

The Next Hot Summer Spot: A Ski Resort

When Mike and Peggy Grubbs first visited Victory Ranch, a new development about 10 miles from the ski slopes of Park City and Deer Valley in Utah, they...

SB Hospitality’s Porter Makes Chicago Magazines November Hot List

10 Places everyone’s talking about and dining at (in order of heat)

Amazon Stadium? Chicago developer hopes it’s the ticket to HQ2

A Chicago developer is offering a unique perk in the all-out competition to win Amazon’s second headquarters: Amazon Stadium. Sterling Bay’s proposal to bring as many as...

Chicago developer aims at Amazon with $10B vision for former steel plant site

Sterling Bay’s massive development planned for the former A. Finkl & Sons steel plant site has a name, a high-powered planning team and one big target: Amazon‘s second...

Sterling Bay lands first tenant in new Fulton Market development

As Sterling Bay continues work on McDonald’s new headquarters in the red-hot Fulton Market District, the developer has landed its first tenant at another big office building up the...

Chicago’s hottest foodie ‘hood with the Great Lakes’ best chef

Dodging a forklift is getting less and less likely in Chicago’s trendy West Loop neighborhood. The once-ubiquitous vehicles whizzing around with pallets of raw meat, vegetables and...

In Chicago, Teaching an Old Site New Tricks

For more than 100 years, the A. Finkl & Sons Steel plant on the North Branch of the Chicago River was a big employer in Chicago as...

Joe & the Juice coming to Chicago

​ Joe & the Juice, a rapidly expanding chain of fast-casual restaurants based in Denmark, is coming to Chicago. The company will open stores at 10 E. Delaware Place,...

Bowling, anyone? Office workers may soon have their chance.

After wrapping up that long financial report or boring sales meeting, workers at one Loop office building soon may have a new way to blow off some...

From warehouse to penthouse: Finkl site, industrial corridor ready for makeover

A construction boom of apartment towers, office buildings, retail spaces, roads, bridges, parks and trails is envisioned for a 3.7-mile stretch along the Chicago River that once...

Sterling Bay hires Transwestern exec to head leasing

Sterling Bay has hired Transwestern executive Michael Lirtzman to oversee leasing of the Chicago developer’s fast-growing portfolio. As director of leasing, a new position, Lirtzman, 43, will...

Sterling Bay’s 5Kto1K raises money for local non-profit

On Sunday, April 9 Sterling Bay held our third annual 5Kto1K Fulton Market Fun Run.  Runners enjoyed a scenic run through Chicago’s hottest neighborhood. The course highlights what makes...

Sterling Bay Hosts Hiring Event in the West Loop

On April 6, 2017, Sterling Bay held a community construction hiring event in an effort to reach out to construction workers within the community surrounding our 110...

Sterling Bay Hosts Hiring Event in Lincoln Park

On March 3, 2017, Sterling Bay held a community construction hiring event in an effort to reach out to construction workers within the community surrounding our 1515...

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Designer Kara Mann takes on the Talbott

Interior designer Kara Mann, 46, is founder and creative director of Kara Mann Design in Chicago and New York, and she has designed a line of furnishings for Baker...

First look at Portland Macy’s

The partners who purchased the five floors of the historic Meier & Frank Building in downtown Portland from Macy’s plan to convert the space from textbook department store to...

Dyson to join Google, McDonald’s in Fulton Market

Vacuum giant Dyson will move its U.S. headquarters to Chicago’s Fulton Market later this year, joining other tech companies that have left startup activity in River North...

Proposed tower at Union Station would be one of city’s tallest

Sterling Bay is proposing a skyscraper connected to Union Station that would become one of the city’s tallest, as the Chicago-based developer vies for the assignment to...

Google Confirms Plans to Move to West Loop

Google Inc. today confirmed plans to move its Chicago office to the Fulton Market-Randolph area from its longtime home in River North. A spokeswoman for the Mountain View,...

Sterling Bay Signs Google at 1KFulton

Google plans to move its Chicago office to the Fulton Market-area of the West Loop starting in 2016, Jim Lecinski, the head of the company’s Chicago office...

Sterling Bay sells 300 West Adams

Chicago, IL (September 13, 2012)—An investment entity that included general partners Sterling Bay Cos. and Annenberg Investments, Ltd. has completed the sale of 300 W. Adams St., a...

Twitter moving to 111 North Canal

Twitter Inc. is spreading its wings in Chicago, planning to move to new digs in the West Loop to accommodate its fast‐growing staff. The company is leasing...

Uber moving to 370 North Carpenter

Uber is hitching a ride to Chicago’s meatpacking district, where it plans to hire another 150 employees in its Midwest headquarters by late 2015. San Francisco‐based Uber...

Sterling Bay Recognized 2014 Best Places to Work

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Google expands its Fulton Market offices yet again

Google Inc.’s appetite for space continues in the former food storage building where it plans to move its offices, with the technology giant this time adding nearly...

Sterling Bay buys Oprah’s West Side Harpo campus for $30.5 million

Fast-growing Chicago-based real estate developer Sterling Bay Cos. recently closed on its acquisition of the four-building West Side facility of the production company founded by Oprah Winfrey, paying a...

Vivid Seats punches ticket to West Loop office building

Vivid Seats Ltd. is moving into a new headquarters in the West Loop in a deal that triples the total Chicago office space for the fast-growing online...

The new corporate wellness program: On-site gardens

Sterling Bay Cos., a real estate development firm, promotes a healthy lifestyle for its 62 employees with an on-site gym, training and yoga sessions, and an in-house...

Uber accelerates Chicago growth with new West Loop lease

Rideshare firm Uber Technologies Inc. is stepping on the gas in Chicago, adding a large chunk of office space in the West Loop to make room for...

111 N. Canal snags another tech tenant

A Chicago-based health care analytics firm is moving to the West Loop and increasing its space fivefold in the wake of its acquisition by a Kentucky company....

Chicago’s real estate market is booming

In 2017, for the first time in eight years, Chicago will see tenants move into two brand-new office buildings.

Google Regional HQ Gets a Financial Boost

Sterling Bay Cos. has refinanced 1KFulton, a 10-story, 531,194-square-foot building in Chicago’s West Loop that will be the new regional headquarters of Google, with $220 million in...

No tenants, no problem for Sterling Bay’s next project

As it nears completion of the Fulton Market district’s first major office project, Chicago developer Sterling Bay is ready to start another—even without any signed leases. Sterling...

Sterling Bay selling West Loop building for $305 million

Chicago developer Sterling Bay is selling a 102-year-old West Loop office building for more than triple what it paid for it a little over two years ago....

From cold storage to cool offices: Here’s Google’s new West Loop home

Google’s move to a new Chicago office late this year will cap a remarkable four years for both the former Fulton Market Cold Storage building and the...

Umami Burger to open on Randolph Street next year

Umami Burger plans to open its second Chicago location next year in the Fulton Market district of the West Loop. Los Angeles-based Umami Restaurant Group today confirmed...

Kit and Ace to open in Fulton Market

Kit and Ace, the Canadian purveyor of machine-washable cashmere, plans to open its first Chicago store late this summer in Fulton Market.The upscale casual retailer, which has...

Talbott Hotel in Gold Coast selling for $50 million

The Gold Coast’s Talbott Hotel is selling for the first time in 50 years, with a venture of Chicago real estate firms Sterling Bay and Conlon &...

Lease propels developer’s plans for Lincoln Park project

Logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide has leased a 207,000-square-foot office building that Sterling Bay plans to build in Lincoln Park, providing the Chicago developer a key first...

Sterling Bay lands tenant for next big office project

Sterling Bay is getting ready to start construction on its next major office project in the Fulton Market district after landing its first tenant for the building,...

Starbucks bringing its high-end coffee shop to Chicago

Starbucks plans an upscale store focused on its Reserve coffees in the Fulton Market district, the chain’s first such shop in Chicago. The flagship store is expected...

Breathing New Life into a Classic Art Deco Property

Over the past several years, Chicago-based developer Sterling Bay has made a name for itself by breathing new life into uniquely positioned properties. The company’s office conversion...

Glassdoor Announces New Chicago Office, Plans to Hire 400 Employees

Glassdoor and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanual said Tuesday that the job review site has signed a long-term lease in the Fulton Market District, and plans to bring on...

Google’s Fulton Market offices selling for $305 million

Google’s Midwest headquarters building is set to sell for $305 million, a landmark deal for the city’s emerging Fulton Market district that also will rank as one...

Anthropologie store coming to Fulton Market District

Clothing retailer Urban Outfitters is doubling down on the Fulton Market District, leasing space for an Anthropologie store a block away from its planned Free People shop....

McDonald’s confirms West Loop HQ move

McDonald’s confirmed today it will move its corporate headquarters to the West Loop near Chicago’s downtown from its longtime home in Oak Brook by the spring of...

Harrison Street, Sterling Bay and Acram Group Acquire Heritage Square In Durham, North Carolina

The Project will Feature Premier Mixed-Use Development with Creative Office, Life Sciences, and Residential Spaces with Input from Local Residents and Community Stakeholders

Sterling Bay Selects Walsh Construction & Riteway-Huggins Construction for Lincoln Yards Site Development

Sterling Bay has announced that it has engaged Walsh Construction and Riteway-Huggins Construction to provide contracting services for the infrastructure work to be completed at Lincoln Yards....

Sterling Bay’s 333 N Green Receives Certificate of Occupancy

Sterling Bay has announced its receipt of the Certificate of Occupancy for 333 N Green, a 19-story, 553,412-square-foot premiere office and retail building located in the heart...

Sterling Bay Announces 311 W Monroe is Fully Leased

As reported by Crain’s Chicago Business, Sterling Bay is proud to announce that the newly-renovated 311 W Monroe, an office building located in the heart of Chicago’s...

Sterling Bay Hits Milestone Achievement in Environmental Cleanup at Lincoln Yards

In partnership with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Sterling Bay and its joint venture partners have, at their own expense, successfully completed the following environmental cleanup efforts...

Sterling Bay Announces SB Cares, New Philanthropic Initiative

Sterling Bay announces the launch of SB Cares, a new philanthropic initiative to formalize and expand on the company’s well-established history of corporate giving. SB Cares will...

Sterling Bay Hires Chief Technology Officer

Sterling Bay has recently announced the hire of its first Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Jeff Warren. In this role, Warren will develop and lead the company’s technology strategy,...

Sterling Bay Raises Chicago’s Largest Pride Flag

Sterling Bay is taking Pride to new heights this year by raising the City’s largest rainbow flag at The Grand Flag, a landmark 200 ft flagpole located...