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Chicago home prices climb as builder confidence falls

Chicago-area home prices continued to rise in October, even as national asking prices fell and higher mortgage rates put pressure on buyers. New reports from Redfin and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) show a housing market facing affordability challenges, with conditions varying across the country. The median sale...

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PTI deploys RNG trucks for Graphic Packaging’s freight operations

PTI, the operating brand of Paper Transport, is working with Graphic Packaging International to incorporate renewable natural gas (RNG) into dedicated freight services between Chicago and Kalamazoo. Eight trucks equipped with Cummins X15N natural gas engines transport paperboard and recovered fibre through the packaging producer’s supply chain. The collaboration...

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Wrigleyville Christkindlmarket setup at Gallagher Way

Watch crews assemble the Wrigleyville Christkindlmarket at Gallagher Way in Chicago. Wooden holiday stalls are already taking shape outside Wrigley Field.

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Group objects to Catholic award honoring Chicago businessman; Cardinal Cupich stands by decision

Chicago businessman and Democratic donor Michael Sacks is set to receive a Catholic honor from Cardinal Blase Cupich this week, a recognition that has drawn opposition from Illinois Right to Life and sparked debate over the purpose of the award.

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Local Filmmaker Creating New ‘Movies The Store’ Concept in Evanston

A movie enthusiast has big plans for the former MBG Products space. It is being reported a new retail concept called Movies The Store is coming to downtown Evanston at 1043 Chicago Avenue. This will be a “boutique physical media store” for the Main Dempster-Mile business district. Owner Stirling McLaughlin told What Now Chicago he is hoping to open the store sometime next month as he recently received the keys.

Evanston, IL · 10d

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Whole Foods Coming To Former Family Dollar Store In Logan Square

LOGAN SQUARE — Whole Foods is coming to Logan Square. A Whole Foods Market is coming to the former Family Dollar at 2280 N. Milwaukee Ave., which closed in 2023 and has been vacant since. The popular high-end grocery store is in development at the site, a company spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. The spokesperson did not have additional details to share.

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$310M Foreclosure Suit Hits Well-Leased West Loop Tower at 540 W. Madison

A West Loop landlord is staring down a $310 million foreclosure lawsuit, and the building at the center of it is no ghost tower. The office property at 540 W. Madison St. is described as well-leased, which makes the legal trouble a sharper jolt for a neighborhood that has been Chicago's office-market bright spot.

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The Cool Down

Illinois homeowner wants to quit gas, but heat pump quote is $3,500 higher than dual fuel

"Usually one fuel is cheaper almost all of the time, just stick with that one."

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Grit Daily

Deborah Wess Brings a Teacher’s Patience and a Commitment to Housing Justice to Oak Park Real Estate

Deborah Wess has lived in Oak Park for 32 years and in the Chicago area for 39. She knows both places deeply and has worked as a Realtor since 2015. Since July 2023, she has brought that local knowledge to her role as a residential real estate broker with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago. In September […] The post Deborah Wess Brings a Teacher’s Patience and a Commitment to Housing Justice to Oak Park Real Estate appeared first on Grit Daily News .

Oak Park, IL · 9d

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Savills Arranges Year Up United Headquarters Lease, Expansion to Other Cities

Savills advised Year Up United on its new Boston headquarters at 2 Center Plaza while also supporting the workforce development organization’s expansion in Providence and Chicago. Savills arranged Year Up United’s approximately 33,700-square-foot Boston lease and provided project management services to prepare the headquarters for occupancy. Managing director...

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Chicago healthcare jobs: nurse practitioner, physiatrist, hospitalist, and dialysis RN roles

Chicago’s healthcare listings span clinic-based nursing, physician specialty care, inpatient medicine, and dialysis support. Molina Healthcare is hiring a full-time field nurse practitioner for in-person care across community and non-clinical settings, while Rush University Health System seeks a full-time interventional spine physiatrist with a mix of outpatient practice, procedures, teaching, and research. Saeed Medical Group’s hospitalist role centers on inpatient care with day-shift and nocturnist options, and Amergis has a part-time dialysis registered nurse contract focused on treatment in healthcare facilities. Together, these roles differ by setting, scope of practice, and employment type.

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Austin Weekly News

Decrepit but historic, Laramie State Bank redo is next up

The Laramie State Bank building sits at the corner of Chicago Avenue and Laramie. Over decades, the remarkable art deco façade and its stunning interior have fallen into advanced stages of decay. The post Decrepit but historic, Laramie State Bank redo is next up appeared first on Austin Weekly News .

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Health officials provide update on E. coli investigation at Chicago-area pumpkin farm

Will County health officials collected about 200 surveys over the weekend as they investigate five confirmed E. coli cases potentially linked to Bengtson’s Pumpkin Farm. Animal and environmental samples have been sent for additional testing, with results expected in several days. The farm’s petting zoo remains closed, but food...

Will County, IL · 11d

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CityPads proposes fourth development in south Evanston

Housing developer CityPads applied last week for a city zoning analysis of its fourth proposed housing development in south Evanston on Oct. 19. The eight-story, 111-unit apartment building planned for 1000 Chicago Ave. in the Third Ward would set aside 15% of its units, about 17, as affordable housing, meeting the city’s inclusionary housing ordinance requirements.

Evanston, IL · 11d

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Chicago’s Magnificent Mile sees new stores, signs of a comeback

After years of challenges from online shopping, Chicago’s Magnificent Mile is seeing new store openings, planned renovations and renewed interest in in-person shopping.

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Park Forest to host LIHEAP assistance sessions for eligible Cook County residents

As temperatures begin to drop and heating costs become a growing concern for households, eligible Cook County residents will have an opportunity to apply for financial assistance with their utility bills during a series of upcoming sessions at Park Forest Village Hall. The Village of Park Forest will host representatives...

Cook County, IL · 11d

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Call Your Mother, East Coast Bagel Chain, Opens 2nd Chicago Shop In Lakeview

LAKEVIEW — Call Your Mother, a bagel deli chain that started at a Washington, D.C., farmers market, has opened its second Chicago shop in Lakeview. The shop at 2956 N. Sheffield Ave. opened Monday and serves the same menu as the company’s first Chicago location in Wicker Park, with bagels, breakfast sandwiches, deli sandwiches, pastries and coffee. But the Lakeview shop has its own look, with a wooden canoe, vintage-style camp pennants and a painting by local muralist Kevin Garbacz of the deli’s signature telephone wires on the building’s exterior.

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