What Boomers really want in housing
No grab bars in the bathroom! Please! Aging Baby Boomers hate to be reminded that they're — just possibly — getting older. This largest age group in American history —...
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New projects for Printers Row
Printers Row, the most established neighborhood in the area, also is attracting new construction. Around the corner from Dearborn Station, with its eateries and shops, is the site for the...
State moves to ease concerns on predatory lending law effect
A law taking effect Jan. 1 to limit predatory lending has spurred concerns that new home loans could be halted in Cook County after the new year due to confusion...
South rising in real estate
The Chicago housing boom has shifted south. Property on the South Side and in the south suburbs is hot, with price appreciation in the year ended June 30 exceeding the...
Terrorist attack fear not tallest spire’s toughest test
Whatever happened to the post-9/11 fear of high-rises? Plans to build the nation's tallest building at Lake Shore Drive and the Chicago River immediately raised questions about whether the 115-story...
High-speed high-rises stagger Streeterville
Streeterville residents are not a naive bunch. They moved into their condos and apartments knowing they would share their turf with hordes of tourists bound for Michigan Avenue or Navy...
High-speed high-rises stagger Streeterville
Streeterville residents are not a naive bunch. They moved into their condos and apartments knowing they would share their turf with hordes of tourists bound for Michigan Avenue or Navy...
Glass and glitz are the new traditions in Streeterville
Glass is in. Concrete and brick are out. Modern is in. Traditional is out. Those are the guiding lights of Chicago's leading architects who are competing ? informally ? to...
Condos feel at home on Michigan Avenue
Is Michigan Avenue, the fabled street of world-class shopping, trendy restaurants and office buildings instead becoming Chicago's version of New York's Park Avenue? One look at the number of vintage...
The home of the future
The notion that your home is your castle has taken on new meaning as threats of war hang over the heads of Americans, and January's International Builders' Show detailed ways...