Suburban briefs: Joseph Freed to move headquarters

PALATINE -- Real Estate development firm Joseph Freed and Associates LLC announced Tuesday the company will move its corporate headquarters and about 125 jobs from Palatine to the Sullivan Center in downtown Chicago early next year. The company said the move will place it closer to its major projects.

Taylor Capital buying back stock

ROSEMONT -- Taylor Capital Group Inc. this week announced its intention to repurchase up to an additional $20 million of its outstanding shares of common stock. Shares may be purchased from time to time in the open market, through block trades or otherwise, over a twelve-month period depending upon market conditions, the company said. The Taylor family, which owns about 43 percent of the company's common stock, has indicated that they do not intend to sell shares back to the company in the stock repurchase program.