WALGREENS COMPLETES SALE-LEASEBACK OF HEADQUARTERS

DEERFIELD, ILL. — Walgreen Co. has completed the sale-leaseback of six office buildings in its headquarters complex in Deerfield, a northern suburb of Chicago. Escondido, Calif.-based Realty Income Corp. purchased the property. Jones Lang LaSalle, which marketed the property, previously said the drugstore giant intended to sell the campus for approximately $85 million. The complex spans 574,605 square feet on 38 acres. Guy Ponticiello and Bruce Westwood-Booth, both managing directors, and Brian Shanfeld, senior vice president, led the Jones Lang LaSalle team in the transaction.