John Handley

Auto Row along Chicago Avenue in Evanston is driving out of town. Once the home of a multitude of car dealerships, Evanston is down to just four. Many have moved...

Living amid the natural beauty of the countryside is appealing, but rural settings sometimes lack city services. That was the case at a new residential development planned in Lakemoor, a...

Diversity is one of the things that makes the city exciting, and new residential projects are giving a fresh look to the streetscapes of some Chicago neighborhoods that were built...

Emerald Ridge sports a golfing heritage, but that will fade away. Planned for 96 townhouses, the new development in unincorporated DuPage County will be built on the site of a...

Joining Chicago's residential boom is the Near South Side, where development is gaining steam along the streets beyond the shadows of Loop high-rises. The latest project is Dearborn Village at...

Faithful Cubs fans worship at Wrigley Field. But just down the block is a real church--at least it used to be one. Two years ago the congregation of the Church...

Huntley? Where's Huntley? Who would believe that this far northwest village, surrounded by farmland, would become the next hot spot in the Chicago area? Already on the map for the...

A $25 million hotel "with a real Chicago flavor" is promised by Albert Friedman at the southeast corner of Dearborn and Illinois Streets in the trendy River North neighborhood. Construction...

The names of new subdivisions sometimes are wildly fanciful and have nothing to do with the reality of the setting. Accuracy prevails, though, at the Preserves of Waterfall Glen. The...

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That aphorism certainly applies to the Cotswolds, an upscale residential development in north suburban Northbrook that has changed hands three times....