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Data Center Construction in Illinois

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Chicago-area market shows 188 active signals with Monarch Energy, Google, and CyrusOne among key developers, supported by Walsh Construction and Clayco as primary GCs.

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Village To Send $200 Gift Cards To Households From $1.4B Data Center Sales

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HMC Data Center LLC· Elk Grove Village, IL· Oct 14, 2026

Two existing, operational data centers in Elk Grove Village, IL sold for a combined $1.4B — one for $650M in July and another for $750M in September. GI Partners acquired the 189,000-sq-ft facility at 800 E. Devon Ave., which was fully leased and operated under HMC Data Center LLC (registered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York). The village collected $4.2M in one-time real estate transfer tax reven

Newly redeveloped Elk Grove data center anchors $375 million CMBS deal

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TechCore· Elk Grove Village, Illinois· Aug 29, 2026

TechCore, a sponsor formed by GI Partners and CalPERS, is backing a $375 million CMBS deal (DATA 2026-800D Mortgage Trust) secured by a newly redeveloped 174,000-sq-ft, 30MW hyperscale data center in Elk Grove Village, IL. The facility includes 88,914 sq ft of data hall space across three halls with 18 separate 3MW power lineups. The property is being acquired for approximately $730 million, funde

Core42 Anchors Legacy Investing's 40MW Chicago Byte Exchange at Former Cboe HQ, 400 S. LaSalle, Chicago, IL

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Legacy Investing· 400 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL· Oct 9, 2026

Core42, the digital-infrastructure unit of Abu Dhabi's G42, is the primary tenant at the Chicago Byte Exchange (CBE1), Legacy Investing and GI Partners' office-to-data-center conversion of the former Cboe headquarters at 400 S. LaSalle St. in downtown Chicago. Legacy bought the six-story, ~300,500-sq-ft building for $40M in late 2025 from Prime Group and Capri Investment Group (who had paid $12M a

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