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Real Estate Broker in Northbrook, Chicago and Suburbs Winfield Cohen Publishes a Rightsizing Roadmap
For a homeowner who has spent twenty, thirty or forty years in the same house, deciding to move is rarely just another real estate transaction. It can mean sorting through decades of belongings, determining what furniture will fit in a smaller home, comparing a condominium with a ranch or townhome, weighing proximity to family against […]
fox32chicago.com
Chicago tenants demand action over rising rent, maintenance problems
Chicago residents at Oglesby Towers are demanding answers about rising housing costs as they say their rent payments have become unpredictable.
TripJaunt
Magnificent Mile Gains Fresh Retail Momentum
Chicago’s North Michigan Avenue corridor continues to draw new retailers and investment as the Magnificent Mile builds on recent leasing activity. The mile-long stretch has welcomed several openings this year while additional brands prepare to arrive in the months ahead. Data from local brokerage records show vacancy rates easing amid more than $250 million in
chicagocrusader.com
Living Fresh Market marks five years of growth
MelodyWinstonturnedanunexpectedchallengeintoamodelforcommunity-centeredgroceryretailBy Sharon Fountain, Managing Editor. Five years after unexpectedly entering the grocery business, Melody Winston is preparing to celebrate a milestone that once seemed far from certain: the fifth anniversary of Living Fresh Market in Forest Park. Now, she says the company is pursuing expansion into Maywood and Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood.
Block Club Chicago
One Of Uptown’s Last SROs Saved After Nonprofit Buys Troubled Building: ‘A Huge Win’
UPTOWN — One of Uptown’s last remaining single-room occupancy buildings will be preserved as affordable housing for years to come after it was rescued from foreclosure just as it turned 100 years old. Neighbors, tenants and officials gathered last week to celebrate their successful campaign to save The...
hoodline.com
Near North Parking Lot Could Become Scaled-Back Hotel and Condo Tower
A surface parking lot in Chicago's Near North neighborhood could soon give way to a five-story building mixing hotel rooms, condos and retail, after Stob Hotel LTD filed a zoning application for 864 N. Orleans. The site sits midblock on N. Orleans Street between W. Locust Street and W. Chestnut Street, and the new filing marks a significant scale-back from what was approved there six years ago.
hoodline.com
CityPads Eyes Eight-Story, 111-Unit Tower for Evanston's Chicago Avenue
A one-story building that's housed the Connoisseur Oriental Rugs store on Chicago Avenue could soon give way to an eight-story, 111-unit apartment building. The developer behind the project, CityPads, submitted a zoning analysis application for the site at 1000 Chicago Ave. and is now awaiting initial feedback from the city before moving forward with a formal application.
Forest Park Review
chicagostarmedia.com
Movin’ on up! Chicago surpasses Miami & Manhattan as America’s most competitive rental market
Chicago has overtaken two major cities—Miami and Manhattan—as the nation’s most competitive rental market, as a limited supply of apartments meets steady demand. During the peak 2026 leasing season, about 17 prospective renters competed for each available unit, and vacant apartments were leased in an average of 27 days, according to RentCafe data reported by Yahoo Finance.
oakpark.com
Deep in the weeds, Oak Park debates other paths to affordable housing
Shape Oak Park’s proposed zoning changes and the SB Friedman feasibility study have highlighted that zoning alone does not produce new development. Other tools are needed to see changes in housing and affordability. Oak Park’s inclusionary housing ordinance is a tool that has remained at the forefront for nearly a decade and will be looked at again.
hoodline.com
River North's Dead Rainforest Café Building Hits Owner With $10M Default Judgment
The owner of Chicago's long-abandoned Rainforest Café building has been ordered to pay $10 million over a loan default, the latest blow for a River North property that has sat empty since the jungle-themed restaurant shut its doors more than five years ago. The two-story, 22,000-square-foot building at 605 N. Clark St. once drew tourists and families with its animatronic animals and thunderstorm effects, but it has stood vacant since the restaurant closed in August 2020.
hispanicexecutive.com
Martin Cabrera Jr. Wants Latinos to Control the Capital
Martin Cabrera Jr. was supposed to become an architect. Growing up in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, the son of Mexican immigrants had little exposure to the financial world. His family worried about paying the mortgage, not investing in the stock market. But a high school economics teacher introduced him to a stock market simulation, and what began as a classroom exercise changed the direction of his life.
The Center Square
Why Luxury Buyers Are Lining Up in Chicago, but Not Seattle
hoodline.com
Fulton Market's 33-Story Geothermal Tower Is Planned With 65 Wells Drilled 850 Feet Down
Construction is underway in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood on a 33-story apartment tower that will not burn a drop of fossil fuel to keep its future residents warm or cool. Instead, 410 N. Elizabeth St. is drawing on 65 wells drilled roughly 850 feet into the ground, part of a system developers say will make it the city’s first all-electric, geothermal-powered multifamily high-rise.
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dogbreedpro.com
18 Illinois Lease Documents And Dog Records Chicago Renters Should Gather Before Apartment Hunting
Finding a Chicago apartment that welcomes your dog can feel like a puzzle. The good news is that a little paperwork prep makes the whole search smoother. Landlords move fast, and the renter with a ready folder often gets the first yes. Think of this guide as a friendly checklist from someone who has done the legwork.
rejournals.com
Exit Ramp Narrows: Suburban Chicago’s emptiest office buildings are running out of places to go
Three years ago, aging office campuses in Chicago’s northwest suburbs had a ready exit. Compass Datacenters paid $194 million for the former Sears headquarters in Hoffman Estates. Aligned Data Centers assembled a row of office buildings along Elk Grove Village’s Northwest Point Boulevard to clear for a data center campus.
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ArentFox Schiff Moves to Renovated Floors in Willis Tower
Law firm ArentFox Schiff has relocated its Chicago office to three newly renovated floors in the Willis Tower, located at 233 S. Wacker Drive in Chicago, Illinois. With the move, the firm maintains its presence in a building it has occupied since the legacy firm Schiff Hardin moved into what was then the newly constructed Sears Tower in 1974. The firm downsized from nearly 181,000 square feet to 75,700 square feet across floors 72, 73, and 74. The new office space will accommodate the firm’s approximately 250 employees, with room to grow.