Chicago Real Estate

Chicago Bulls player Dailyn Swain dunks in the first quarter of a preseason game against the Grizzlies at the United Center on Oct. 9, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago Bulls player Dailyn Swain rents River North unit

By Bob Goldsborough

October 14, 2026 at 12:31 p.m.

Chicago Bulls rookie small forward Dailyn Swain, whom the team drafted in the first round...

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To spur housing growth, Chicago must attack prerogative, outdated zoning: report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

Former Chicago Fire striker Kacper Przybylko and his wife, Kinga, in June sold their four-bedroom, 4,779-square-foot house in Orland Park for $680,000. (Cook County Assessor)

Former Chicago Fire player Kacper Przybylko sells Orland Park home for $680,000

By Bob Goldsborough

August 2, 2024 at 11:47 a.m.

Przybylko played for the Fire for two years before returning to Europe in February and...

Rufus Reed sits outside one of the properties he owns in Berwyn where he recently evicted a tenant and received five months of back pay and two months of future rent from the latest iteration of the state’s rental assistance program in order to help recoup his losses. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Illinois’ federal rental assistance dollars have run out. As the state prepares its new program, tenants and landlords are left with less support.

By Lizzie Kane

August 2, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

A new state rental assistance program is in the works, but it won't be up...

Samir Mayekar, managing director of the Polsky Center, stands on a balcony overlooking the ongoing construction of Hyde Park Labs, a new science-focused building on the University of Chicago’s Hyde Park campus, on Aug. 1, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

University of Chicago partners with business incubator to help startup companies in Hyde Park Labs

By Brian J. Rogal

August 1, 2024 at 3:18 p.m.

The move comes one week after Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson announced California-based PsiQuantum...

Lincoln Park 7-bedroom home with stone fireplace: $5M

By Kim Quillen

August 1, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Address: 2015 N. Dayton St., Chicago Price: $5,000,000 Listed: May 29, 2024 This seven-bedroom home...

Visitors check out rooms in an open house for a two-bedroom unit for sale at 2450 N. Seminary Ave., July 20, 2024, in Chicago's Lincoln Park. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

As workers return to the office, residents are moving back to Chicago and other cities, driving up home prices

By Lizzie Kane

August 1, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.

Although fewer homes changed hands in Illinois during the first six months of this year,...

Barrington Hills 6-bedroom home with 1,200-bottle wine cellar: $4.5M

By Kim Quillen

July 30, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Address: 2 Rock Ridge Road, Barrington Hills Price: $4,499,999 Listed: July 17, 2024 This six-bedroom...

A five-bedroom vintage mansion in Geneva that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places was recently placed on the market for $2.3 million. (Roger Erikson)

Geneva mansion on National Register of Historic Places listed for $2.3M

By Bob Goldsborough

July 30, 2024 at 1:50 p.m.

Known as Elizabeth Place and made of limestone, the Mission Revival-style house was built in...

Alexa Kosior inside her rental apartment in the West Loop on July 22, 2024. When Kosior found out rent was going up on her 350-square-foot studio apartment, she posted a TikTok to voice her frustration. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

As Chicago’s summer rental market heats up, city renters need to make $88,000 to afford the typical listing: ‘It just is outrageous’

By Claire Malon

July 29, 2024 at 6:02 a.m.

In June, the typical cost of rent in Chicago was $2,200 a month, according to...

A historic barn on Schoolhouse Road in Mokena was destroyed by ta fierce storm July 15. The barn was one of the few links to Mokena's dairy farming past. (Sam Moilanen/Daily Southtown)

Landmarks: July derecho destroys ‘tangible link’ to Mokena’s dairyland past

By Paul Eisenberg

July 27, 2024 at 5:15 a.m.

The storms and tornadoes that swept through the Chicago area July 15 left widespread damage,...

Newly hired DePaul University head men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann and his wife, Lori, in June paid $4 million for a six-bedroom, 5,500-square-foot mansion in Lincoln Park, not far from the school’s campus.

DePaul men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann buys Lincoln Park mansion for $4M

By Bob Goldsborough

July 26, 2024 at 11:11 a.m.

Chris Holtmann was hired by DePaul in March after serving as the head men’s basketball...