Kelli Duncan

Altitude Capital Buys Chicago Gold Coast “Phantom Building”

Altitude Capital pays $10M for Gold Coast “phantom building”

Local developer bought long-vacant condominium in prime location

How Chicago landlords are pushing back against anti-gentrification rule

How Chicago landlords are pushing back against anti-gentrification rule

Real estate players are lobbying aldermen, claiming ordinance delays sales and discourages investment

Chicago Tax Assessor Pushes Feds to Release Appraisal Data

Kaegi leans on Pulte to help improve property tax accuracy

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac appraisal data is kept from local tax authorities, but the Cook County Assessor wants to change that

Inside Chicago’s Crackdown on Deeply Indebted Land Speculators

“Land speculation becomes problematic”: Chicago cracks down on more debtors

How distressed real estate strategies of suburban firms Goldmine Investments and QCD Financial led to legal peril with $9M in fines and interest owed to the city

Chicago's Next Moves Against Negligent Landlords

Chicago plots next moves against Suzie Wilson, more negligent landowners

After bringing down an infamous landowner, officials may ban her from investing in local real estate as they target two more firms that owe the city $9M in fines

Skokie hotel developer E&M faces messy foreclosure on $24M construction loan

Skokie hotel developer E&M faces messy foreclosure on $24M construction loan

Lender’s lawsuit is the latest setback in three years of delays on a Homewood Suites by Hilton planned for downtown Skokie by local developer

Ranking the top brokers on Chicago’s South Side

Ranking the top brokers on Chicago’s South Side

Nadine Ferrata’s NL Ferrata Team claims No. 1 spot

Bulls Player Hit with Foreclosure Lawsuit on Gold Coast Condo

Bulls player Williams straightens out mortgage snafu on Gold Coast condo

Reps for Patrick Williams say alleged loan default was due to a clerical error; Goethe Street unit is among several high-profile Chicago-area loans to fall into potentially errant default disputes

Blackstone hit by foreclosure on $310M loan for River North Point

Blackstone hit by foreclosure on $310M loan for River North Point

Goldman Sachs sued over the debt after Blackstone allegedly defaulted at maturity

Fern Hill’s Nick Anderson Buys Entitled Chicago Lakefront Site

Fern Hill’s Nick Anderson buys Quest’s shovel-ready Edgewater site

Rare empty land near lakefront has entitlements in place, and Quest still has chips on the table

FPA Multifamily Sells Downers Grove Asset to Laramar Group

Laramar bets on suburban multifamily with $72M acquisition

FPA Multifamily sold another property in its Chicago portfolio

Restored Historic Mansion Asks $9.9M in Winnetka

Restored historic mansion listed for $10M in Winnetka

Price makes it the suburb’s most-expensive non-lakefront listing

Chicago’s Vesta Preferred Regroups With $1 Billion Sales Goal

Vesta Preferred gets ducks in a row to hit $1B sales goal

Local resi brokerage named co-founder Brad Robbins as CEO and co-founder Grigory Pekarsky as head of sales

Near North Side home hits the market at $7.5 million

Near North Side luxury listed at bargain to replacement cost

Home on West Superior asking $7.5M was custom-built in 2012

Developer lists West Loop sites greenlighted for housing for combined $42M

Pacific Reach asks $42M for entitled West Loop multifamily sites

Canadian developer planned to build two residential towers in 2021

Who just bought this rare empty North Side lot for $5M?

Developer sells Edgewater site once slated for housing for $5M

Local developer Quest Realty planned to build apartments on the lot in 2019; now the site’s future is unknown

Chicago’s Dick Portillo Betting on Speculative Homes in Florida

Dick Portillo bets on luxury spec homes in Gulf Coast city Chicagoans love

Partnering with C&E Builders, local broker Dawn McKenna on pricey homes and $28M penthouse in Naples, Florida

Is Chicago’s luxury condo market on cusp of a comeback?

Is Chicago’s luxury condo market on cusp of a comeback?

The city’s condo market is far from pre-pandemic health, but a rebound in sales last year suggest it’s starting to thaw

Zak Knebel’s ZK Group Moves to @properties in Chicago Suburbs

Zak Knebel’s ZK Group moves to @properties after $41M year

Knebel rejoins @properties after five years with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, bringing his six-agent team with him

Chicago Real Estate Mourns Laricy Team’s Catherine Holbrook, 40

‘Our beacon of light:’ Laricy Team’s Catherine Holbrook dies at 40

Fellow brokers remember Holbrook as an ambitious agent and loving friend, ‘the glue’ that brought many people in the industry together