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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...

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Lake View Home Where John Vinci Saved Chicago's Lost Buildings Faces Landmark Vote

3152 N. Cambridge Ave. — Approximate Home Facing Landmark Review. The immediate question is whether the Commission on Chicago Landmarks will give preliminary landmark status to architect John Vinci’s Lake View residence and studio at 3152 N. Cambridge Ave. at its Thursday meeting. The proposed designation would recognize the 1893 house, Vinci’s preservation work and the architecture firm he started there. Vinci, now 89, bought the two-story home in 1969 for $40,000.

Chicago, IL · 7d

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Woman-Owned Illinois Plumbing Company Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Kohn Plumbing, LLC is a woman-owned commercial plumbing contractor serving Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. The company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on November 3 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Note: Chapter 7 bankruptcy generally involves the liquidation of a debtor’s eligible assets...

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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...

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This Affordable Illinois Town Is So Cheap, Retirees Say Social Security Covers It All

Somewhere in the heart of Illinois, there’s a town called Kewanee that’s quietly doing something remarkable, and most people have no idea it exists. It’s the kind of place where your money stretches so far you’ll start wondering if you’ve accidentally traveled back in time to when a dollar actually meant something.

Kewanee, IL · 20d

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Orland Park to demolish former garden center, restaurant

A few eyesores in Orland Park are coming down. The Village of Orland Park Board of Trustees voted at the Oct. 19 meeting to award Markham-based KLF Enterprises a pair of contracts for demolition of buildings on the properties of 15151 Harlem Ave. and buildings on 17101 and 17171 Wolf Road.

Orland Park, IL · 10d

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North Center's 4309 N. Lincoln Gets Brick, Glass and Balconies, Still a Mystery Inside

4309 N. Lincoln Ave. — Approximate Site of 12-Unit Residential Project. A four-story, 12-unit residential building rising at 4309 North Lincoln Avenue in North Center has reached a visible milestone: brickwork, glass installation and balconies are now complete on its residential floors. The ground-floor commercial space, however, remains an unfinished shell, with plenty of work still ahead before the project is ready for tenants.

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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...

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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 · 9d

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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 · 9d

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7 Candidates Running In Coveted Race For 25th Ward Alderman

PILSEN — Seven people, including the incumbent alderman, filed to run for the 25th Ward office, though two of the candidates’ petition signatures are being challenged. Aida Flores, Nubia Batista Willman, Ian Watkins, Miguel Chacon, Leonardo Quintero, Chula C. Ortiz and incumbent Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez filed petition signatures to become the next 25th Ward alderperson, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. The ward spans Pilsen, University Village and part of Little Village.

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These Chicago Politicians Just Won Reelection. Now They Want Your Vote For Mayor

DOWNTOWN — Alexi Giannoulias has won reelection to serve another term as the Illinois Secretary of State, a widely expected result in deep-blue Illinois. But whether Giannoulias will serve out all four years in office remains a very open question. Like several other longtime politicians who won reelection to their various positions on Tuesday, he’s in the middle of an increasingly fierce campaign for Chicago mayor — and is widely seen as one of the frontrunners.

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Scottie Pippen buys $2.1M luxury condo in Chicago’s Streeterville

Chicago Bulls icon and NBA Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen has officially returned to the Chicago real estate market, purchasing a stunning $2,187,500 luxury condominium in the heart of downtown Streeterville. Purchased through an opaque land trust, the high-rise acquisition marks Pippen's official return to Chicago-area homeownership five years after...

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CHA Unveils Final Plan for 4,100 Homes at Cabrini-Green

The Chicago Housing Authority has released its final blueprint for redeveloping the last of the land once occupied by Cabrini-Green, calling for approximately 4,100 mixed-income homes spread across 43 acres and 16 former public-housing sites on the Near North Side. The framework, known as Cabrini NOW, divides that land into four distinct zones — Rowhomes, Division, Larrabee and Sedgwick — each with its own mix of building types, unit counts and green space.

Chicago, IL · 11d

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Draper and Kramer Acquires 268-Unit Albion Evanston Apartment Community in North Chicago Suburban Market of Evanston

CHICAGO, IL - National full-service real estate firm Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, today announced it has purchased a 268-unit luxury multifamily rental building in Evanston, Ill., a suburb directly north of Chicago and home to Northwestern University. The 15-story property, Albion Evanston, will be rebranded as Eva under Draper and Kramer’s ownership. Draper and Kramer will also assume property management of the community, which was 98.5% leased and 98% occupied at the time of acquisition.

Evanston, IL · 10d

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Don’t harm the single-family lifestyle

I moved here in 1972, renting an apartment in an E.E. Roberts building, the first apartment building allowed to be built in Oak Park at 113 S. Scoville (1902-3). I am now in a house on Grove. Oak Park, Evanston and Hyde Park are unique. Built up after the Chicago...

Oak Park, IL · 10d

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Enacting change on Chicago’s high cost of living

Living a big city life comes with big city prices. With the 2026 midterms underway, affordability and living costs have become critical issues among Chicago voters. Chicagoans aren’t alone in their concern. Illinois governor candidates JB Pritzker and Darren Bailey, and standing Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson, have made affordability a crucial tenet of their campaigns.

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