Millbrook
Millbrook, IL · Real Estate
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Everyday Economics: Luxury housing offers builders a way through the slump
(The Center Square) – Jacksonville and Chicago have more high-income households than in 2019, and more luxury buyers than a year ago but fewer homes for sale, creating an opening for builders despite high mortgage rates. In Jacksonville, the estimated luxury buyer pool grew 10.4% from a year earlier...
Invisible People
Chicago Must Create 2,800 Accessible Affordable Homes Under Civil Rights Settlement
An Eight-Year Lawsuit by Access Living Ends With a 12-Year Deadline for the City The City of Chicago has agreed to identify, build, or rehabilitate 2,800 accessible affordable housing units over the next 12 years, settling a civil rights lawsuit … Continue reading →
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Onni Pivots Back to Office Plan After Fulton Market Apartment Proposal
Onni Group filed a zoning application proposing a residential high-rise with nearly 700 apartments in place of the office tower it won City Council approval to build in Fulton Market. The site, at 357 N. Green St., was cleared for an office project in 2023; a later Crain’s Chicago Business report says Onni has since pivoted back to an office plan.
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Private Event Space Planned to Top Former Hancock Center
360 CHICAGO, the 94th-floor observation deck atop 875 North Michigan Avenue (the former John Hancock Center), announced that its new private event venue, planned for the 96th floor of the building, will begin accepting bookings in 2027. Spanning nearly 14,000 square feet and more than 1,000 feet above the city,...
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Habitat breaks ground on redevelopment of LeClaire Courts public housing community in Chicago’s Garfield Ridge
Habitat, together with Cabrera Capital, the Chicago Housing Authority, the city of Chicago, and other public and private partners, celebrated the groundbreaking of the first residential phase of the long-planned redevelopment of the LeClaire Courts public housing community, which was completed in the 1950s and demolished in 2011. Replacing a...
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Brown Commercial Group Negotiates 66K-SF Industrial Transaction in Chicago
Brown Commercial Group negotiated a 65,674-square-foot industrial building acquisition in the Chicago market for Digital RED, a growing commercial technology recycling and data security company. Broker Luke Dummitt represented Digital RED in its move to 1125 Carnegie St. in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The acquisition price was $4.5 million. The seller...
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Oak Park will crack down on nuisance and vacant properties with ordinance update
Oak Park residents may drive past the abandoned IHOP on North Avenue, the Mohr Concrete facility or hear about health and safety violations at Heritage House and wonder why it takes so long for them to be fixed. IHOP, at 6501 W. North Ave., has been vacant since it closed...
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North Center Lot Gets Green Light for Eight-Unit, $2.1M Byron and Western Project
An asphalt lot at the southeast corner of Byron and Western is about to become a five-story building with eight homes and ground-floor retail. Chicago's data portal recorded a permit for the project at 2353 West Byron Street on October 7, clearing the way for developer Consortian Development LLC to replace the surface lot with new construction in North Center.
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River North High-Rise Balconies Crumbling on Every Floor, Tenants Fear Falling Concrete
Tenants at a 51-story condo tower in River North say the balconies outside their units are literally falling apart, with chunks of concrete breaking loose on every floor and exposing rusted metal rods underneath. At 10 E. Ontario St., residents describe the problem, while building management offers no clear timeline for repairs.
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Naperville Walgreens Site Sells With Upper-Floor Space Vacant
Upper-floor vacancy is the clearest near-term opening. The sale is not expected to displace Walgreens, which has more than a decade left on its lease and is expected to stay, according to Vince Rosanova, an attorney for buyer Will Kreuzer, in the Chicago Tribune’s report. JC Licht told the Tribune it has no plans to leave its Naperville location, and AT&T confirmed its Naperville store remains open.
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Officials search for how to address vacant NU properties
Evanston Preservation Commission members have received an update about the condition and vacancy status of several Northwestern University-owned properties in response to a walking tour the group took of the properties Aug. 20 in the city’s Northeast Historic District, looking into neighbors’ concerns. At the meeting, Klein read...
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New businesses coming to all corners of Naperville
Naperville’s business scene is growing throughout the city. “Naperville remains a highly sought-after location for businesses,” said Monica Conners, president of the Naperville Development Partnership. “With over 400 restaurants, diners come to Naperville from near and far to try new flavors as well as trusted favorites.”. From...
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Former religious buildings could be blessing for multifamily investors
As cities look for ways to add housing and investors seek compelling multifamily opportunities, former houses of worship are emerging as a small but distinctive corner of the adaptive reuse market. Churches, synagogues, mosques and other religious properties can offer investors an unusual combination of established locations, recognizable architecture and...
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Guest essay: Affordable housing needs better strategy
Our city is best defined by its people, both our diversity and our common commitment to making Evanston the best it can be. This is demonstrated by the abundance of multi-generational families in our community, some going back over a century, and the desire of kids who grew up here to come back and raise their own families in Evanston.
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Housing density for Jackson-Emerson site at issue with 5th Ward residents
The number of bedrooms in a unit, number of total units and pricing drew mixed opinions from the roughly 25 people at the latest feedback meeting for a future housing development on a city-owned acre of land at Emerson Street and Jackson Avenue. Resident opinions came up during discussion of...
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310 W Huron Apartment Development in Chicago Tops Out and Reveals Branding and New Renderings
Cross Street, a Chicago-based residential real estate firm, and real estate development firms ZSD Corp. and Third Coast Real Estate unveiled the branding and official website for 310 West, a nine-story boutique apartment community under construction at 310 W. Huron St. in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Constructed by ZSD,...
Block Club Chicago
Logan Square Trader Joe’s Store Could Open Next Year
LOGAN SQUARE — The highly anticipated Trader Joe’s store coming to Logan Square is looking to open next year. Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) said this week the store is eyeing an early 2027 opening, and renovation permits for the building are in the works. Earlier this year,...
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Family, Wealth & Legacy Expands Estate Planning Reviews
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL - October 14, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Family, Wealth & Legacy (Biederstadt Law, P.C.) expanded its estate planning review program to incorporate automated three-year checkup schedules, secure digital asset integration, and structured family alignment sessions. The enhanced framework is designed to keep existing client trusts and wills aligned with evolving personal circumstances, changing tax rules, and newly acquired assets. Available automatically to existing estate planning clients and accessible to prospective clients through an initial strategy consultation, the program addresses a common vulnerability in traditional planning: static documents that sit unreviewed for years while real-world assets and relationships change.