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Mid-America Gains Eggsperience for Uptown Park Ridge; Café Plans to Open in Spring 2010

PARK RIDGE, Ill. (February 11, 2010) – Eggsperience Café signed a lease for 5,324 square feet at The Residences and Shops of Uptown Park Ridge, a $110 million mixed-use redevelopment project in Park Ridge, Ill. The café is expected to open in spring 2010, according to Richard Spinell, Principal for Mid-America Asset Management, Inc., which oversees the 70,800 square-foot retail component of the six-acre-project.

This will be the fifth café for the family-owned restaurant. The first café opened 2005 in Bannockburn, and since then, others have opened in Glenview, Long Grove, and Naperville. The restaurant is open daily offering a menu that includes wholegrain pancakes and benedicts for breakfast, and hearty burgers and specialty paninis for lunch. Mid-America Vice President Marget Graham and Senior Leasing Representative Kitsy Ritter represented the landlord in the transaction, dealing directly with the tenant.

Since June 2005 when The Residences and Shops of Uptown Park Ridge broke ground, development has been nonstop between the city and its selected developer, PRC Partners LLC, a three-party entity consisting of Mid-America Asset Management of Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., which oversees the retail component; Edward R. James Homes of Glenview, Ill, which oversees the residential component, and Valenti Builders Inc., of Northfield, Ill., which provides construction services. Today the project consists of 189 residences that opened in phases beginning in 2005, and 70,800 square feet of retail that opened in phases beginning in 2006. Retail tenants include Trader Joe’s, Jos. A. Bank, Chico’s, Jason’s Deli, Houlihan’s, LensCrafters Optique, Noodles & Company, Amphora, and Indira Salon & Spa.

Mid-America Asset Management, Inc., is a member of Mid-America Real Estate Group and a ChainLinks affiliate. The company, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary year, is the Midwest's largest third-party retail asset manager, with more than 30 million square feet of retail property for which it provides management and leasing services. For more information, call (630) 954-7300 or visit midamericagrp.com.

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