Thomas A. Corfman

Art Institute of Chicago director A. Steven Crown listened intently as Dr. Conrad P. Seghers, a Texas trader with a doctorate, described his scientific method of investing. Using charts and...

The produce wholesalers who own the South Water Market are putting the historic South Side marketplace up for sale as they nail down deals to move on to new, nearby...

Veteran developer Marvin Romanek is negotiating to buy a downtown skyscraper that he co-developed nearly 30 years ago. Romanek, managing director of Chicago-based Romanek Properties Ltd., is working out details...

In the first of what could be a string of loan defaults on suburban office developments, a partnership that includes prominent developer Richard Stein and employee benefits consultant William Mercer...

Undeterred by the downturn in the economy, developer Donald Trump has begun marketing a proposed 70-story skyscraper for the site of the Chicago Sun-Times building to potential office tenants, with...

Divine Inc. is suing two former employees, alleging they breached their employment agreements by soliciting clients and employees for a competing firm, Acquity Group. Acquity, a 30-member consultancy, and the...

Sales of new downtown homes are falling behind the rapidly expanding supply of condominiums and townhomes. Those sales plunged 56 percent to 934 during the third quarter, compared with the...

A low-profile development company that earlier this year made an unsuccessful bid to convert a riverfront building into a hotel has acquired the Ambassador West, with plans to convert the...

Developer John Mark is suing House of Blues Entertainment Inc., one of his partners in the redevelopment of Marina City into a hotel, nightclub and retail center. The chairman of...