Downtown Chicago, the city's business center, is known as the Loop.

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The Loop in Chicago is up 76% in the past decade.

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Conveniently, Castle had an office in Chicago's Loop and a checking account at First National of Chicago.

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Equity Office Properties owns around 30% of offices in Chicago's west loop, for instance, and is said to be using its clout to influence prices.

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