Chris Glynn

Chicago has published a RFQ for a lease of its Midway International Airport. The Windy City is looking for a 40-year-lease.

Macquarie Infrastructure Partners III has a $2bn fundraising goal. The fund is the latest offering from Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets.

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets has nabbed a longtime NRG official (pictured) and moved a London executive to New York. MIRA has been active Stateside since 1998.

A proposal to develop a toll road linking outer Chicago and Indiana as a P3 can move ahead. The Federal Highway Administration signed off on the two-year-old Illiana Corridor.

David Joyner, head of the North Carolina Turnpike Authority, has retired. Joyner supported tackling the so-called Mid-Currituck Bridge with a public-private partnership.

Ferrovial has a new head of its airport construction and concession business. Jorge Gil replaced Nicolas Villar. The move came as Ferrovial unloaded its stake in Stansted Airport.

Canada asset manager Kensington Capital Partners has closed its first-ever infrastructure offering. Kensington Power Income Fund is focused on North America.

Macquarie Group holding WCA Waste has named a new chief executive. Macquarie completed its $526m deal for WCA in March.

The Keystone State has released a P3 implementation manual following the passage of enabling legislation last year. The booklet is focused on transportation infrastructure.

Meridiam Infrastructure, Campbell Lutyens and business school EDHEC-Risk Institute have teamed to research investment in infrastructure. The initiative will look at developing a benchmarking method for the asset class.