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Gold + Oak acquires children’s boutique in Brookfield

Gold + Oak, the lifestyle, retail merchandising and design division of Mount Prospect, Illinois-based Nicholas Family of Companies (NFOC), acquired Goo Goo Gaa Gaa, an independent children’s boutique in Brookfield, Wisconsin, a western suburb of Milwaukee. Located in Sendik’s Towne Centre at 18905 W. Capitol Drive, Goo Goo Gaa...

Brookfield, WI · 2d
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Construction Begins on Major North Center Redevelopment at Lincoln, Damen and Irving Park

Construction is underway at 3959 N. Lincoln Avenue, bringing a major redevelopment to the busy Lincoln, Damen and Irving Park intersection in North Center. The project will renovate the existing five-story former bank building and add new construction, creating 64 affordable apartments, commercial space and supportive services. A historic building...

Chicago, IL · 1d
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The Emerald Cup Owners Building Full Kiosk at Church in Beverly

The Shops at Church 103 is getting another tenant early next year. The team at The Emerald Cup are getting ready to introduce their new kiosk at the building, 2501 W 103rd Street. This will be a permanent location serving many of the same coffees regular visitors of the cart have come to expect. Co-owner Katie McEnery told What Now Chicago the coffee cart is open at the church through the holidays, but she and Kelly Devine are hoping to get the kiosk fully open by March.

Chicago, IL · 2d
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In 1990, Oprah Winfrey opened Harpo Studios in Chicago; 28 years later, McDonald’s opened its global headquarters on the same site

There’s an interesting fact about McDonald’s that has nothing to do with its menu —like every McNugget being one of four shapes or the Filet-O-Fish being introduced for religious reasons. This one has a Chicago-centric detail involving the one and only Oprah Winfrey. If you’ve passed by McDonald’s global headquarters on Randolph Street , you’ve probably noticed how massive the ~480,000-square-foot building is. But before the company moved in, the Fulton Market site was home to Harpo Studios. McDonald’s global headquarters was built on Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Studios In 1988, Winfrey bought the former armory property to build Harpo Studios . The studio opened in January 1990 and served as the production home of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” until 2011, helping put the West Loop neighborhood on the map. After Oprah Winfrey filmed the final episodes of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 2011, she left Chicago. Her former studio then briefly became home to “The Rosie Show,” hosted by Rosie O’Donnell, which ran for less than a year . In 2014, Chicago-based real estate developer Sterling Bay bought the Harpo Studios campus from Oprah Winfrey’s company, and shortly after, the studio officially closed its doors, and the iconic Harpo Studios

Chicago, IL · 3d
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Loop Hotel Lender Sues to Halt LaSalle Street Apartment Conversion Above JW Marriott

The company managing the debt on Chicago's JW Marriott hotel has gone to court to stop construction crews from converting the office floors above it into apartments, after a power mishap allegedly knocked out the hotel's phones for more than four hours during a crunch of checkouts and check-ins. Torchlight Loan Services filed suit against developer Prime Group in Cook County Circuit Court, asking a judge to freeze work at 208 S. LaSalle until Prime secures the hotel's consent.

Chicago, IL · 1d

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Wacker Drive Tower Hit With $236M Foreclosure Suit Amid Chicago Office Slump

The landlord of 35 W. Wacker Drive, a 50-story office tower in downtown Chicago, has been hit with a $236 million foreclosure lawsuit. The filing adds another high-dollar legal fight to a downtown office market that has been reeling from falling property values and mounting loan defaults. The lawsuit was...

Chicago, IL · 18h

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Westmont Garage-Condo Project Lets Gearheads Buy Parking for Their Porsches

A new kind of condo is headed for Westmont, and it is not meant for people to sleep in — it is meant for their cars. Torque Motor Suites is planning a car-condominium development in the DuPage County suburb that would give collectors private, climate-controlled garage suites along with a shared clubhouse.

Westmont, IL · 2d

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Colliers closes $70.6 million sale of educational facility in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood

Colliers announced the $70.6 million sale of a purpose-built educational facility at 161 W. 9th St. within Chicago’s Roosevelt Collection. The approximately 102,000-square-foot property is fully occupied by the British International School of Chicago, South Loop, under a long-term absolute net lease. The property was acquired in September 2026 by W. P. Carey, a leading net lease REIT specializing in corporate sale-leasebacks, build-to-suits and the acquisition of single-tenant net lease properties.

Chicago, IL · 1d

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Ware Malcomb Completes Historic Residential Conversion in Downtown Chicago

Ware Malcomb announced construction is complete on 79 W. Monroe, an office-to-residential conversion project located in downtown Chicago’s Loop district. Ware Malcomb’s Chicago office provided architecture and interior design services for the renovation of the historic 14-story building, which included transforming seven upper floors of vacant office space into 76 market-rate and 41 affordable apartment units, along with ancillary amenities.

Chicago, IL · 2d

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Chicago List Prices Rise Against the National Tide

Chicago bucked the national softening trend as list prices climbed and inventory tightened, leaving buyers with less room to negotiate.

Chicago, IL · 9h

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OmniTRAX sees demand for Blue Island, Ill., logistics hub

BLUE ISLAND, Ill. — OmniTRAX has signed a number of new tenants for its Blue Island logistics hub, the rail and real estate company said today (Nov. 5). The 90-acre facility on Chicago’s south side began operations in February [see “OmniTRAX opens new logistics hub …,” Trains.com, Feb. 26, 2026]. It borders 119th and Division [...] Read More...

Blue Island, IL · 1d

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Chicago’s Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate raises record-setting $283,000 to support future industry leaders

The Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate (MBIRE) at Roosevelt University in Chicago celebrated its 25th Annual Real Estate Gala on Oct. 22, raising $283,000, the most money raised by the event in its 25-year history. Funds from the milestone event will go toward supporting scholarships, student programming, career development...

Chicago, IL · 1d

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2025 revenue shortfall pushing Oak Park’s 2027 tax levy higher

Oak Park’s village board discussed the proposed 2027 operating budget and estimated 7.94% direct property tax levy hike and voted to approve the estimations for a Truth in Taxation hearing. The action took place at a Nov. 4 village board meeting. The board’s approval for the estimates is not...

Oak Park, IL · 1d

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Old Town Smoke Shop Plan Draws 99% Opposition, Alderman Seeks Denial

A proposed smoke shop at 1201 N. Wells St. in Old Town has run into a wall of neighborhood opposition, with nearly 600 community survey responses landing almost unanimously against it and the local alderman now asking the city to deny the business its licenses. Exotic Corner is seeking tobacco and retail food licenses to open in the space, but residents say the project has broken basic rules of how things get done on Wells Street.

Chicago, IL · 1d

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Cosentino opens new showrooms and unveils new studio concept across key U.S. markets

Cosentino, a global leader in the production and distribution of sustainable surfaces for architecture and design, announces the grand opening of a new Cosentino City showroom in Naples, Fla.; a new Cosentino Center in Defuniak Springs, Fla.; newly refreshed spaces in Chicago and New York City; and the first-ever Cosentino Studio in Montclair, N.J., coming later this year.

Montclair, NJ · 1d

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Remember Southport Department Store? A Look Back at a Lost Southport Avenue Landmark

Long before Southport Avenue became known for its boutiques, restaurants and theaters, the neighborhood had its very own department store. Southport Department Store was a longtime fixture near Southport and Grace, on the stretch of storefronts now associated with the Mercury Theater. According to a photograph shared on Southport Corridor Chicago in 2015, the store closed in 1991, marking the end of a chapter in the neighborhood’s retail history.

Chicago, IL · 5d

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Comic Fans Dig Through Stacks of Back Issues at This Longtime Illinois Shop

Some of the best finds in Illinois hide behind plain storefronts you could walk past for years. I went in looking for one old comic and came out with a head full of memories and a list of issues I suddenly needed. Picture shelves loaded from floor to ceiling, a...

Oak Park, IL · 2d

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Pat Quinn explains his support for a millionaire income tax surcharge

Former Gov. Pat Quinn discusses a Cook County advisory referendum on a proposed 3% income tax surcharge for Illinois residents earning more than $1 million a year and how the revenue could support schools and property tax relief.

Cook County, IL · 3d