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An artist's rendering shows the plan for a new Chicago Fire soccer club training facility on a former Chicago Housing Authority site.

Chicago Fire break ground on training facility at former Chicago Housing Authority site

April 25, 2023 at 3:50 p.m.

The Chicago Fire soccer club broke ground Tuesday on its 23-acre practice facility on the Near West Side as legal aid groups continue to raise questions about the use of...

Philip Maziarz steadies his husband, Kevin Romero, as he changes batteries for a fire alarm on April 15, 2023, in a home they're renovating in Uptown.

LGBTQ residents moving to Illinois from states with conservative agendas: ‘I don’t want to be ashamed of where I live’

April 24, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Mark Niehaus-Rincon, 67, has lived in Omaha, Nebraska, for 12 years but says "life is too short" to stay there. He and his husband, Alex, a native of Omaha, have...

Several potential homebuyers arrive to look over a home for sale in Northbrook on March 30, 2022.

Illinois spring housing market started early, with monthly sale and price increases expected as season continues

April 21, 2023 at 11:38 a.m.

The Illinois housing market is continuing to cool off from the pandemic housing boom, with the number of home sales still down significantly while prices are holding steady compared with...

JaQara Booker at her home in Bridgeport on March 31, 2023.

After climbing for 6 years, homeownership rate for single women fell last year

April 10, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Ndidi A. Okakpu has been trying to buy her first home for three years. First, the pandemic got in the way, causing her to put her search on hold. Then,...

The former Pioneer Bank building at 4000 W. North Ave. on March 2, 2023, in Chicago.

Chicago, Park Row Development sued over alleged mishandling of Invest South/West redevelopment process

April 7, 2023 at 11:22 a.m.

On the heels of a mayoral election that ousted Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, her signature program, Invest South/West, faces a lawsuit from a developer who alleges wrongdoing in the selection...

Election judge Anthony Millspaugh stands in an empty polling place the morning of Election Day at the Roden Library in the 41st Ward on April 4, 2023, in Chicago.

Election Day in Chicago: Live updates as voters head to the polls

April 4, 2023 at 8:12 p.m.

The threat of severe weather didn't affect city voter turnout Tuesday in a bitterly contested runoff race for mayor, though storms did temporarily knock out power to four polling places....

Real estate broker Molly Sundby, left, gives a tour to a prospective buyer at the Cirrus Condominiums in Lakeshore East. Cirrus began selling its 350 condos in March 2022. The developer declined to comment on how many units are still available.

Spring housing market ‘stalling’ as record low inventory plagues buyers

April 2, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Ron Vlasic, 56, was one of 19 bidders on a $315,000, three-bedroom house in Des Plaines in February. He started by offering $1,000 over the asking price. A few days...

Built in 1910, 111 W. Monroe St. will be "The Monroe Residences & Hotel." The $180 million building proposal includes 349 apartments on its upper floors and a 226-room hotel on its lower floors.

Three developers gain financial support from city to convert LaSalle Street offices into apartments, retail

March 28, 2023 at 2:51 p.m.

Empty offices along the LaSalle Street corridor in the Loop may soon be revived into apartments and other uses after sitting vacant due to COVID-19 and the exodus of large...

An aerial view shows the Little Village neighborhood looking northeast toward downtown Chicago in 2017.

Chicago area’s 1st-time homebuyers could get grant from Freddie Mac, Rocket Mortgage

March 20, 2023 at 9:41 a.m.

Chicago-area residents looking to buy their first home will now have access to a new down payment assistance credit courtesy of a partnership between mortgage finance company Freddie Mac and...

Canada geese walk southwest on the vacant land bordered by Roosevelt Road, 14th Street, Ashland Avenue and Loomis Street in Chicago, March 23, 2022.
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Chicago Fire to lease Chicago Housing Authority land on Near West Side

March 13, 2023 at 3:57 p.m.

The Chicago Fire signed a lease on Monday with the Chicago Housing Authority to build a 23-acre soccer practice facility on the Near West Side. After plans for a facility...

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