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The article presents a case study of the Capital Development Board (CDB), the construction-management branch of the state government in Illinois. The CDB supervises the design and construction of school facilities, public safety centers, museums and historic sites, as well as recreation and health centers. The board has designed a web-based system applied on an IBM i back-end server with an IBM DB2 database development solutions to improve its bid solicitation process with accuracy.

The article reports that Inland Real Estate Auctions Inc. has been retained by Centrue Bank to sell Parksmith Run, a 110-acre mixed-use development site in Oswego, Illinois. The site appraised at over $15 million, so the bank has priced the property for immediate sale at $9.9 million. Moreover, the offering format is a Request for Offers, with all reasonable offers for the entire development to be given full consideration.