Chicago Real Estate

After a City Council fight, coach house construction is now legal in many Chicago wards.

To spur housing growth, Chicago must attack prerogative, outdated zoning: report

By A.D. Quig

October 13, 2026 at 5:09 p.m.

A local think tank is blaming Chicago’s aldermanic tradition of hyperlocal control of what gets...

Officials take part in a ceremonial groundbreaking for the final phase of the Arboretum Villas at Plymouth Place Center for Senior Living on Oct. 7 in La Grange Park. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Plymouth Place breaks ground on new senior housing units in La Grange Park

By Hank Beckman

October 13, 2026 at 11:21 a.m.

Officials broke ground on the final phase of the Arboretum Villas at Plymouth Place Center...

Oak Brook 5-bedroom home with stairwell atrium. (Cris Cunningham, Styles Media)

Oak Brook 5-bedroom home with stairwell atrium: $1.8M

By Kim Quillen

October 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

This five-bedroom home has three full bathrooms, three fireplaces, redwood ceilings and a two-and-a-half story...

FILE – A giant tarp, bottom, covers a section of rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building, July 4, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

A South Florida luxury condo project is planned for site where building collapse killed 98 people

By Associated Press

January 29, 2025 at 5:53 p.m.

A Dubai-based developer plans to build a 12-story luxury condominium project on the South Florida...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell walks out after a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Fed stands pat on interest rates, ending a string of cuts that could have boosted downtown development

By Brian J. Rogal

January 29, 2025 at 6:27 p.m.

Developers say new downtown construction won’t grind to a halt. Some projects will score financing...

Barrington Hills 6-bedroom home with coach house, pool: $4.2M

By Kim Quillen

January 28, 2025 at 8:08 p.m.

Address: 34 Oak Knoll Road, Barrington Hills Price: $4,200,000 Listing date: Oct. 11, 2024 This...

Bulls forward Patrick Williams goes up for a basket against the Spurs at the United Center on Jan. 6, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicago Bulls player Patrick Williams pays $5.7M for Gold Coast condo

By Bob Goldsborough

January 28, 2025 at 8:07 p.m.

The four-bedroom condo has almost 1,000 square feet of private outdoor space.

A rendering shows the design by Patrick Brown, of Chicago design firm ORG Inc., for the new Field Center in Oak Park. (Park District of Oak Park)

Decisions on Oak Park’s new Field Center due Thursday

By Jesse Wright

January 31, 2025 at 4:14 p.m.

Oak Park residents have expressed concerns over the Field Center's cost, the location of the...

A still-unidentified buyer paid $4.85 million — a Kane County residential sales record — on Jan. 11 in an off-market transaction for a two-story, 5,869-square-foot coastal farmhouse-style house in Geneva. (Geneva Township Assessor)

Geneva home sells for nearly $5M in Kane County residential sales record

By Bob Goldsborough

January 27, 2025 at 11:13 a.m.

A still-unidentified buyer paid $4.85 million — a Kane County residential sales record — in...

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Condo Adviser: Condo association bylaws lay out how to remove a board member

By Howard Dakoff

January 26, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The first step is for someone respected to speak with the board member in question.

A conceptual rendering of 1840 N. Marcey St. by Sterling Bay, which could bring 615 new apartments to the western edge of Lincoln Park, but the local alderman and many residents say the $340 million proposal is too dense for the neighborhood. (Sterling Bay, SCB)

In a first-of-a-kind move under a new zoning provision, developer will make last-ditch effort to gain approval for Lincoln Park towers

By Brian J. Rogal

January 27, 2025 at 8:17 a.m.

A 2022 zoning reform ensures some developers get an up-or-down vote if local opposition delays...

The five-bedroom, 3,283-square-foot bungalow in Oak Park that onetime Chicago Outfit chief Sam Giancana owned sold on Jan. 22 for $900,000. (Cook County Assessor)

Oak Park home once owned by Chicago Outfit chief Sam Giancana sells for $900,000

By Bob Goldsborough

January 27, 2025 at 11:06 a.m.

Built in 1929 and designed by architect A.J. Fisher, the house is located in southern...

Richard Monocchio, former executive director of the Housing Authority of Cook County and now a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development official, center right, adjusts his tie before a ceremony to unveil an affordable housing facility for veterans in Chicago Heights on Sept. 13, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

‘Troubled’ Housing Authority of Cook County spent more than $60,000 at Six Flags

By Lizzie Kane

February 10, 2025 at 2:28 p.m.

Hundreds of Housing Authority of Cook County employees and their families went to Six Flags...