5/8/14
Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily is reporting that Related Midwest has selected “renowned New York architect Robert A.M. Stern” to design a high-rise on...
3/24/14
Brynford Park is an easy-to-overlook, tiny pocket of Chicago’s North Park neighborhood. The neighborhood takes its name from its southeastern corner intersection of Bryn...
10/25/13
Developer Howard Weiner is proposing to build an 11-story residential and commercial building at the southwest corner of North Ave and Clark St, adjacent...
7/9/13
Greg Hinz at Crain’s Chicago Business is reporting that Mayor Emanuel is making preparatory moves to gain control of a large site in the...
2/26/13
Trib Local recently reported that Lake Forest is considering amending its zoning code to allow second living units, e.g. coach houses and garage apartments,...
11/9/12
Forty-second Ward Alderman Brendan Reillly’s email newsletter this morning outlines a list of changes negotiated to the proposal for the redevelopment of Wolf Point...
8/30/12
Real estate developers have been known to grant zoning laws all the respect that dogs give fire hydrants. I can recall instances where a...
8/9/12
FitzGerald Associates‘ email newsletter arrives with the subject line “All the News That’s Fitz,” making the architectural firm a fit target for headline puns....
4/5/12
It’s been nearly six years since we first looked in at The Enclave at Galewood Crossings, the 15-acre residential portion of a 50-acre mixed-use...
3/23/12
The Tribune and the Sun-Times reported on Ald. Proco Joe Moreno‘s proposal, which passed the City Council Zoning Committee, to allow a portion of...
1/13/12
You’ll find a number of multi-million dollar homes north of Addison along Wayne and Janssen. The home pictured above at 3804 N Janssen, for...
9/19/11
Trib Local is reporting that Evanston may be on the verge of approving its first bed and breakfast. The proposed lakefront site, a 6-bedroom,...
9/16/11
Today’s e-mail from 48th Ward Ald. Harry Osterman led me indirectly to the 48th Ward Community Process for Zoning and Land Use Approvals (PDF)....
7/11/11
Most Chicago landlords have a “one roommate per bedroom” policy. And most Chicago tenants have never read their lease. If you’re scanning Craigslist’s Roommate...
7/28/10
The subplots and twists are mind-splintering in David Roeder’s report on a proposed not-a-flea-market at 3200 S Kedzie in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. The...