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Workers tear down a historic home at 2240 N. Burling St. in Lincoln Park on April 24, 2023. The home was built soon after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Demolition of historic Lincoln Park home under way after lost preservation fight

April 24, 2023 at 5:59 p.m.

A local real estate titan received a permit from the city's Department of Buildings to wreck and remove a historic Lincoln Park home built soon after the Great Chicago Fire...

This site, March 15, 2023, has been proposed for CTA station along the Red Line extension route at Michigan Avenue near 116th Street in the Roseland neighborhood.

‘Roseland can be great again,’ say local residents and community leaders pushing for new medical complex

April 20, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

New development may soon get underway in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side, filling several blocks near 111th Street and South Michigan Avenue with a medical center that...

Salesforce Tower is seen under construction on March 11, 2021. Salesforce is now looking to sublease space in the tower.

Salesforce, Meta looking to sublease downtown office space

March 24, 2023 at 3:35 p.m.

Salesforce and Meta are looking to sublease significant portions of their downtown office space, spokespeople for both companies confirmed. Both tech companies announced mass layoffs in recent months. The downtown...

Walgreens corporate offices in Deerfield.

Walgreens to sell off Deerfield buildings, shrinking its HQ yet again as more employees work from home

February 27, 2023 at 4:35 p.m.

Walgreens plans to sell off more than half of its north suburban Deerfield headquarters, according to a message sent to employees Friday afternoon by CEO Roz Brewer. A hybrid strategy...

Developer Sterling Bay unveiled Wednesday night during a virtual community meeting its latest plan for phase one of 1300 W. Carroll Ave., a 515-foot structure that company officials say they hope to secure city approval for in the coming months.

Sterling Bay unveils latest plan for new Fulton Market apartment tower

February 23, 2023 at 5:42 p.m.

Fulton Market is already one of the nation's hottest housing markets, and another massive apartment tower is likely to break ground before the end of the year. Developer Sterling Bay...

Clouds pass over buildings outside as a kitchen is seen under construction in an affordable unit in The Row Fulton Market on Feb. 16, 2023.

New property tax incentive could remake Fulton Market and other neighborhoods into havens for affordable housing

February 21, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

A new property tax incentive meant to create or preserve affordable housing is already generating results within Chicago's newest downtown apartment towers and in neighborhoods across the South and West...

The 1870s house at 2240 N. Burling St. in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood is seen on Jan. 17, 2023. The nearly 150-year-old residence faces demolition after being sold to the co-CEO of @properties, who owns a building next door.

In Lincoln Park, tensions flare over plan to tear down a nearly 150-year-old home

February 3, 2023 at 11:39 a.m.

Judy Blatherwick and her family put in decades of work restoring their graceful, Italianate wood-frame home in Lincoln Park, but after selling the nearly 150-year-old building to a local real...

Crowds of people attend The Midwest Clinic at McCormick Place West in Chicago on Dec. 21, 2022.

Could 2023 be the year convention travelers come back to Chicago?

January 17, 2023 at 3:20 p.m.

The events calendar for McCormick Place is filling up, with interest mounting among potential attendees and exhibitors, and that means 2023 could be the year convention travelers return in big...

A rendering shows the Sankofa Wellness Village, a four-part project that includes a physical and mental health wellness center, a business hub, a maker space and a grocery store that will connect the corridor with new investments.

Chicago Prize awarded to West Garfield Park wellness collaborative

January 12, 2023 at 6:24 p.m.

An initiative designed to boost the life expectancy of residents in the West Garfield Park community was awarded the second Chicago Prize, a $10 million grant competition established by the...

Barista Karen Cortes waits on office workers in the Loop as they arrive for their morning hot drinks or pastries at West Town Bakery, 190 S. LaSalle St., in Chicago, on Jan. 5, 2023. With most people coming into work on a two- to three-day hybrid work schedule, restaurants and businesses are seeing less foot traffic. Fulton Market is a bit of a bright spot, however, with foot traffic decline far less severe than the Loop.

Office buildings that offer internal amenities, like restaurants, could be key to luring workers back downtown

January 9, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Nearly three years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many office workers still work from home, especially on Mondays and Fridays, depriving restaurants of the healthy lunch crowds they...

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