2/13/08
Don’t worry: This garish rendering (inspired by MS Paint, maybe?) isn’t going anywhere soon. After a community meeting Monday night, Ald. Joe Moore (49th)...
2/11/08
Chicago’s claim to the 2016 Summer Olympics is anything but a lock. The city faces stiff competition from six Asian, European and South American...
2/11/08
“At a time when many homeowners are reeling from skyrocketing property taxes, and money is tight for so many families, people should absolutely be...
2/11/08
The Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards ceremony that was held last Thursday to honor a year’s worth of forward-thinking urban development. Crain’s has a brief...
2/8/08
We have a mayor who’s not lacking in courage. We found the video via 37signals, a local Internet applications development firm.
2/7/08
No surprise here: Aldermen completed the CTA bailout on Wednesday by passing a 40-percent transfer-tax increase for most (but not all) property buyers, the...
2/5/08
“This is one of those votes I think a lot of us will make, holding our noses… If this doesn’t happen, you are not...
2/4/08
“Lee is right: the availability of public transit adds thousands of dollars to the value of every property in the city – particularly the...
2/2/08
The following is an abbreviated version of an e-mail from reader Bob Darrow, who reports on real estate in the Windy City Guide: On...
1/28/08
In its latest review of the city’s threatened historical places, Preservation Chicago moved beyond buildings and neighborhoods and added a set of laws to...
1/28/08
“They know quality. They know design. You don’t want a whole bunch of people who don’t know anything.” – Ald. Walter Burnett (27th), defending...
1/28/08
The newly-launched Chicago Condos blog (an extension of ChicagoCondosOnline.com) poses a fun (and interesting) question this morning: Which condos would the presidential candidates choose?...
1/15/08
We’ve all seen the headlines: Springfield’s pending transit solution is now wrapped up in a rather hefty increase in the state’s real estate transfer...
1/2/08
The Chicago Reporter recently rolled out an impressive package of articles and graphs documenting the decline of the Chicago Housing Authority‘s political clout over...
12/27/07
A handful of hot-button real estate issues topped the Chicago Journal’s year-in-review feature this month. The weekly newspaper serves Wicker Park, Bucktown, West Town, Ukrainian Village and...
12/18/07
I still remember when I first visited Chicago as a tourist. Friends in the area advised me: Don’t go to Aurora and expect to...
12/13/07
The city may have backed off its plan in Lincoln Square’s eminent domain showdown, but there are still lingering questions about the nature of the...
12/11/07
Ald. Gene Schulter (47th) appeared to backpedal away from a proposal that would have authorized the city to seize properties along Western Avenue in...
12/7/07
How would you like to see your community, your home and your livelihood threatened by an abusive state law and an indifferent local government?...
12/5/07
“A strategic change in the bankruptcy code will provide homeowners facing foreclosure a degree of financial stability – even when the market cannot.” – Sen....