THREE NATIONAL TENANTS TO MOVE INTO BLOCK 37 DEVELOPMENT

CHICAGO — Spain-based Zara, Germany-based PUMA and United Kingdom-based Ben Sherman have signed leases within Joseph Freed and Associates’ Block 37 development in Chicago. The 280,000-square-foot retail project is 60 percent leased, with another 20 percent in final lease negotiations. Apparel retailer Zara will occupy 15,030 square feet of space on the first and second floors of Block 37, along Randolph Street; PUMA will take approximately 8,000 square feet of space on two floors at the corner of State and Randolph Streets; Ben Sherman will move into a 3,100-square-foot store on State Street. This will be Zara and Ben Sherman’s first stores in the city of Chicago. Additional tenants at the project include Muvico, David Barton Gym, Auntie Anne’s, Godiva, Sabon and Steve Madden. Terms of the leases were not disclosed.