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A person walks near the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, left, the Kluczynski Federal Building, right, and Alexander Calder’s Flamingo sculpture, center, at Federal Plaza in Chicago, Feb. 4, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Federal plan to reduce government office space could be a blow to Chicago, where selling properties wouldn’t be easy

February 16, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Although it accounts for only a small slice of Chicago real estate, a pullback by the federal government could deal a blow to the shaky downtown office market.

A resident waits to go out into the cold at The Leland Apartments, one of Heartland Housing’s largest properties, in Chicago on Feb. 4, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Uptown residents breathe sigh of relief after Heartland Housing’s Leland Apartments gets reprieve from the auction block

February 5, 2025 at 10:44 a.m.

City and state officials hammered out a plan for Mercy Housing, an affordable housing nonprofit that owns and operates dozens of Chicagoland properties, to take over the 1920s-era Leland.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell walks out after a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Fed stands pat on interest rates, ending a string of cuts that could have boosted downtown development

January 29, 2025 at 6:27 p.m.

Developers say new downtown construction won’t grind to a halt. Some projects will score financing and the number of apartments completed in the neighborhood is expected to increase in 2026...

A conceptual rendering of 1840 N. Marcey St. by Sterling Bay, which could bring 615 new apartments to the western edge of Lincoln Park, but the local alderman and many residents say the $340 million proposal is too dense for the neighborhood. (Sterling Bay, SCB)

In a first-of-a-kind move under a new zoning provision, developer will make last-ditch effort to gain approval for Lincoln Park towers

January 27, 2025 at 8:17 a.m.

A 2022 zoning reform ensures some developers get an up-or-down vote if local opposition delays approval.

The $7 billion 1901 Project could eventually bring nearly 10,000 new homes as well as hotels and public space to the United Center, which is now mostly surrounded by parking lots. (Field Operations, RIOS)

Bulls’ and Blackhawks’ plan to begin remaking the neighborhood surrounding United Center wins commission approval

January 17, 2025 at 7:29 a.m.

The Chicago Plan Commission endorsed the first phase of a plan by the Reinsdorf and Wirtz families to remake the Near West Side neighborhood around the United Center.

The E2 Apartments at 1890 Maple Ave. in Evanston on Jan. 9, 2025. A Houston-based developer just purchased the property for $148 million. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Houston-based developer pays $148M for Evanston complex as apartment boom gets underway

January 10, 2025 at 6:16 a.m.

The purchase of the two-tower complex just west of Northwestern University could boost plans from several other developers now seeking to launch new Evanston apartment projects.

The Consumers Building, left, 220 S. State Street, and the Century Building, 202 S. State Street, April 17, 2023. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Fate of endangered State Street historic buildings still hangs in the balance as feds weigh security needs

December 27, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Preservationists say the buildings might be successfully redeveloped as apartments, affordable housing or a hotel, bringing life back to a long-dead section of State Street.

Joanna Olszynska, a Compass real estate broker, brings in a sign after an open house in Woodlawn on Jan. 21, 2024. New York-based Compass is acquiring Chicago-based @properties and Christie's International Real Estate. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

New York-based realtor acquires local giant @properties and Christie’s International in $444 million deal

December 3, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

Founded in 2000, @properties is the 8th largest residential brokerage in the U.S. by sales volume, and its logo is a common sight across Chicagoland and surrounding states.

The exterior of the new Aritzia flagship store at 555 N. Michigan Ave., seen on Nov. 27, 2024. The store will open Saturday. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Women’s clothing store Aritzia opening Magnificent Mile flagship Saturday

November 29, 2024 at 11:03 a.m.

Aritzia is filling the long-vacant space at 555 N. Michigan Ave., former home of The Gap.

Jeff Martin in his apartment in the Leland in the Uptown neighborhood on Nov. 7, 2024, where he has lived for almost two years. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Uptown at risk of losing big chunk of affordable housing in wake of Heartland Housing’s collapse

November 29, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The Leland, in Uptown, could go on the auction block next year, raising fears that it could be bought by a for-profit developer and transformed into luxury housing.

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