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Owners of Gold Coast condo tower approve $44 million sale
The 163-unit high-rise at 21 E. Chestnut St. joins a growing list of Chicago condo buildings to sell out to developers that bring them under a...
Old Post Office developer eyes another big turnaround project
As it prepares to welcome tenants to the Old Post Office after an $800 million-plus overhaul, developer 601W has lined up another big project just...
In the West Loop condo market, another multimillion-dollar hit
An eighth-floor penthouse in a new building on Washington Street sold for $4 million. In this single building, nearly as many condos have sold at ...
Secluded, but with a view of the Hancock
The Italian owner of a design firm and four showrooms designed this condo for his family to "feel modern, like something we would see in Italy." It...
Secluded, but with a view of an iconic skyscraper
The Italian owner of a design firm and four showrooms designed this condo for his family to "feel modern, like something we would see in Italy." It...
In a steakhouse rut? Here are 5 new spots.
New steakhouses you might want to add to your restaurant rotation are served up in today's Daily Gist. Plus: U. S. store closings are trending...
What's the future of scooters in Chicago?
Now that the city's experiment with public scooters has ended, what should happen next? Companies and advocates on both sides of the hate scooters...
Indie Pilsen bookstore has new owners
The new owners of Pilsen Community Books, which has been a book lovers' destination and a neighborhood pillar since 2016, say they will carry on...
Illinois pot firm gets $29 million to expand cultivation
The money from a Las Vegas firm will allow Revolution Global to expand its current 75,000-square foot medical marijuana cultivation facility about...
Architect's lawsuit over One World Trade Center design to proceed
The lawsuit against Chicago-based architectural firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill and partners alleges copyright infringement over a design a student...
City plans to loosen weed-free zone downtown
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is planning to open up a slice of River North to retail marijuana shops under a draft zoning ordinance, relaxing an earlier...
Medicare insurer serving Chicago area gets low marks
Community Care Alliance of Illinois is among the five lowest-performing Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans nationwide,...
Lightfoot to create affordable housing task force
The mayor is looking to review the city's Affordable Requirements Ordinance as she pushes back on demands by the Chicago Teachers Union that its...
River North hotel sold as part of $400 million deal
A River North hotel aimed at budget-minded travelers is changing hands as part of a larger $400 million cash-out by a group of investors that...
Inside the quiet civil war that's roiling Chicago
The process of converting condos into apartments-a hot commodity now-is an often messy and sometimes ugly process. And it's about to get even...
Illinois has a marijuana referendum after all
Local officials find themselves at the center of an often-contentious debate that never really happened before state legislators passed the law. It...
Hotel Palomar sells for $55 million
A Massachusetts real estate investor has picked up the River North hotel, betting on the future of the downtown hospitality market. One of the...
Pinstripes expands, mulls IPO
The "eatertainment" chain, which has 10 locations in nine states, aims to open another 24 over the next five years, including three by yearend. At...
Chicago's image isn't as bad as we might think—but there's always room to mess it up
Even as residents exit the Chicago area, visitors and investment dollars keep arriving. But to keep outside capital coming, our leaders should...
Oak Brook firm buys La Grange apartment complex
JVM's purchase of Uptown La Grange marks the second suburban Chicago rental property the company has acquired in the past two weeks. A Minneapolis...
Downtown office vacancy lowest since end of 2016
Companies' voracious appetite for workspace has pushed vacancy in the downtown office market to its lowest mark in almost three years. A wave of...
Feds subpoena ComEd, Exelon in another pol probe
The companies now are being asked for records of communications with state Sen. Martin Sandoval, whose offices were recently raided. It's the...
ComEd, Exelon get another federal subpoena
The companies now are being asked for records of communications with state Sen. Martin Sandoval, whose offices were recently raided, and...
North Branch property owner sues General Iron, city
A real estate investor near the company's controversial scrapyard argues that a recent deal to shut down the facility by the end of next year isn't...
California investor buying West Loop office tower
Spear Street Capital is under contract to buy the skyscraper at 500 W. Monroe St., breaking a cold streak for big downtown office building sales...
'Dorms for adults' pitched for Chicago Avenue sites
The plans include a building with 36 apartments that will be rented out dorm-style-by the bed, not the unit-following a growing trend in Chicago...
Architect, housing manager gets nod from aldermen to chair CHA board
Affordable housing advocates cheered the appointment of Angela Hurlock, an architect with experience managing housing on the South and West Sides....
Plan for city's second-tallest tower 'very close,' alderman says
The developer of a proposed supertall skyscraper next to Tribune Tower could reach a deal with the city in "a couple months," said downtown Ald....
Even in the digital age, this slip of paper won't die
A survey of consumers conducted for a group tied to the paper industry found more than three quarters of U. S. shoppers preferred to walk away with...
Say goodbye to this postmodern two-flat in Lakeview
The neighborhood around Advocate's Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Lakeview is set to lose one of its zaniest buildings, a two-flat built in the...