J. Linn Allen

The whirl of change is circling Cabrini-Green, which sits stagnant and decaying in the eye of the cyclone, waiting for the outside forces that will inevitably draw it into the...

Sears, Roebuck and Co. said Monday it is negotiating with General Growth Properties, a Des Moines-based retail real estate investment trust, for the sale of the retail properties in Sears'...

The property many Chicagoans know as the Peoples Gas Building at 122 S. Michigan has a lot going for it, with a distinguished architectural pedigree, a classic facade and a...

Say you get turned away from a job at a federally funded construction project and you notice that nobody earning a paycheck there looks like you. If you are a...

They swarm onto the South Side street fired up for another "cracker-jacking," as they call these protests aimed at construction sites filled mostly with white workers. Once they got so...

At a real estate closing, "the best surprise is no surprise," says Lloyd Gussis, a veteran North Side real estate attorney who has given a seminar on closings for the...

At 45, Linda Frykholm appeared to be leading an ideal life. Her marriage had lasted for 24 years. She adored her two children. She lived in a stately home and...

If you live in Hyde Park and then move out of Chicago, there's a good chance you'll end up in Oak Park. If you're a Hegewisch resident, Calumet City is...

For Camille Baum, who is East Indian and whose husband is white, the racially diverse community of Beverly is the ideal place to live. "I wanted to give the kids...

Condominiums and newly constructed homes are special cases in the Cook County property tax assessment system, and being special isn't necessarily good. A top county assessment official admits that sometimes...