Chicago Real Estate

Customers shop at the Whole Foods flagship supermarket in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 25, 2025. (Sandy Carson/The New York Times)

Whole Foods is coming to Logan Square in a new format

By Brian J. Rogal

October 27, 2026 at 6:29 p.m.

A company spokesperson said Whole Foods Market signed a lease for the 10,000-square-foot building at...

Rebecca Chamian Ribaudo, author of the novel “Crossing Division Street,” on Oct. 19, 2026, in Chicago. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Column: ‘Crossing Division Street’ is a new novel of family, born out of Cabrini-Green

By Rick Kogan

October 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Cabrini-Green public housing project comes roaring back in a remarkable first novel by Rebecca...

This 4-bedroom, 2½-bath home in Warrenville recently went on the market for $1 million. (Michael Johnson)

Warrenville 4-bedroom French Normandy estate: $1M

By Lauryn Azu

October 27, 2026 at 6:34 p.m.

This four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath home is a preserved 1933 French Normandy estate along the West Branch...

Construction workers build a seven-story Drury Plaza Hotel, Sept. 9, 2026, outside the Hollywood Casino Joliet in the Rock Run Collection mixed-use development. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Hotel and major retailers springing up along the interstate at new Hollywood Casino Joliet development

By Robert Channick

September 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

While construction on the towering Bally’s Chicago hotel has stalled amid a dispute with the...

Edgewater 5-bedroom home with rooftop deck. (Thom Lodge)

Edgewater 5-bedroom home with rooftop deck: $1.3M

By Kim Quillen

September 14, 2026 at 9:29 a.m.

This five-bedroom home has three full bathrooms, one half bath, a fenced front yard and...

Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, gets frustrated with the answers to his questions from Bally’s Corp. representatives during a committee hearing at Chicago City Hall on Sept. 9, 2026, discussing Bally’s decision to stall construction on their River West casino. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Aldermen blast Bally’s for construction halt, while casino says City Council sparked pause

By Jake Sheridan

September 9, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

City Council members probed the company’s finances and grilled executives over the decision to pause...

Former WGN-Channel 9 news anchor Ray Cortopassi and his wife, Leslie, have listed their five-bedroom, 4,661-square-foot Colonial-style house in Winnetka for $2 million. (Cook County Assessor)

Former WGN-Channel 9 news anchor Ray Cortopassi lists Winnetka home for $2M

By Bob Goldsborough

September 9, 2026 at 2:56 p.m.

Former WGN-Channel 9 news anchor Ray Cortopassi and his wife, Leslie, have listed their five-bedroom,...

Chicagoans protesting against Amtrak moving a maintenance facility into their community attend a press conference across from Rate Field on Sept. 8, 2026. The Amtrak facility would be adjacent to the current White Sox stadium in a residential neighborhood, according to the proposed plan, and the stadium would move to a South Loop location on the Chicago River. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Residents and elected leaders protest proposal to move the Chicago White Sox

By Brian J. Rogal

September 8, 2026 at 9:22 p.m.

Justin Ishbia unveiled a proposal called The Railyards, which involves putting a new White Sox...

Naperville 4-bedroom home with cherry hardwood floors, 2 fireplaces. (Lucrative Dynamics Will Crews)

Naperville 4-bedroom home with cherry hardwood floors, 2 fireplaces: $1.5M

By Kim Quillen

September 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

This four-bedroom home has three full bathrooms, one half bath, cherry hardwood floors and millwork.

Former Chicago Bulls general manager Marc Eversley and his wife sold their five-bedroom home in the Lakeview neighborhood’s Southport Corridor area for $2.35 million. (Cook County Assessor)

Former Chicago Bulls general manager Marc Eversley sells Southport Corridor home for $2.4M

By Bob Goldsborough

September 7, 2026 at 7:21 a.m.

Former Chicago Bulls general manager Marc Eversley and his wife, Jennifer Del Vecchio, last month...

Alex Rodríguez, from left, Amy Cobos and David Gutiérrez Hernández relax during happy hour at Mariela in Chicago’s Loop, Aug. 27, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Many Loop restaurants shut their doors during the pandemic. Now new ones are taking their place.

By Brian J. Rogal

September 7, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Nearly 20 downtown restaurants, cafes and dessert shops opened in the spring, according to a...

Shoppers look over items in the Broadway Antique Market on Aug. 16, 2026, in Chicago. It's Chicago's oldest multidealer antique store, and the owners are retiring after 30 years. They're looking for someone to take over the business. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Broadway Antique Market is up for sale after nearly 30 years in Edgewater

By Evgenia Anastasakos

September 6, 2026 at 9:18 a.m.

The beloved antique store’s founders say they’re looking for a new owner to “pick up...

Seattle's Juniper Flats, developed in 2023, has four units per floor, all connected by a single staircase. Several U.S. cities, including Seattle, New York, Baltimore, Denver and Austin, Texas, have ditched the double-staircase requirement. (Build LLC)

Allowing single-stair complexes could create needed housing, but safety concerns loom in debate over ordinance

By Brian J. Rogal

September 11, 2026 at 11:29 a.m.

A group of advocates wants to pass an ordinance allowing developers to construct a single...