Mary Ellen Podmolik

The brick bungalow in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood doesn't look like much from the outside, with its windows covered with plywood, silver tape dangling from a second-floor eave and a...

Related Midwest has received the deed to the Chicago Spire site, ending the saga for control of a much-coveted site along North Lake Shore Drive. Joseph Frank, an attorney representing...

The Chicago Spire's developer did not make a required payment to Related Midwest Friday that would have allowed it to retain possession of the coveted site for at least a...

Along portions of Chicago's 606 trail, it's hard to tell the construction workers from the construction workers. Some are working on the much-anticipated, elevated recreation space along Bloomingdale Avenue expected...

Home price gains in the Chicago area showed signs of slowing in August, posting the smallest monthly increase in home sales prices in six months, according to data released Tuesday....

The growing ranks of renters have pushed down the nation's homeownership rate once again. The Census Bureau reportd Tuesday that the nation's homeownership rate fell to 64.4 percent in the...

Chicago has backed away from a proposal to regulate the redevelopment of single-room-occupancy hotels in the city, and instead will offer more options for building owners and developers while still...