Cory Faulkner and Nate Ernst of Envoi with 19 South LaSalle Street

Chicago

Commercial

From distressed debt to apartments: Envoi locks in $64M Fortress loan for LaSalle office to resi conversion

CityClub’s Jonathan Holtzman and Prime Finance’s John Atwater with 63 East Lake

Prime Finance buys Jonathan Holtzman’s East Loop apartments for $59M, ending legal fight

226 West Ontario Street and Concord principal Drew Millard 

Concord Capital looks to add two stories, 70 units to latest River North conversion project

Residential

Lincoln Park mansion of student-housing developer priced down to $7M

Lauren Walz of Coldwell Banker Realty and 404 Fox Trail Lane

Oak Brook mansion relisted for $10M, could fetch highest village price if sold

Citrine Investment Group’s Lynn Jerath and National Healthcare Properties’ Michael Anderson with 975 North 5th Avenue; 3 Diamond’s Ben Klein, Preservation Equity Fund Advisors’ Will Cooper Jr. and 200 North 2nd Street

Two St. Charles senior living communities trade for $74M as hot streak continues

Sameer Suhail with 435 North Michigan Avenue

Lender selling foreclosed Tribune Tower condo of exec tied to Loretto Hospital embezzlement scheme

CMK Companies’ Colin Kihnke and 910 South Wells

CMK grabs key permit to launch 28-story South Loop high-rise

Barbara Bluhm-Kaul with 189 East Lake Shore Drive

Why an East Lake Shore Drive condo sold for $5M less than its 2015 price

A rendering of 1103-1105 Emerson Street, 1109 Emerson Street and Evanston alderman Bobby Burns

Evanston greenlights apartment complex despite historic Black church’s objections

Welltower CEO Shankh Mitra and Capitol Seniors Housing CEO S. Scott Stewart with 1000 Central Avenue, Highland Park and 4700 West Lake Ave, Glenview

Welltower continues Chicago repositioning with $98M in senior housing buys

Jeff Bezos and the warehouse at 1237 West Division Street in Chicago

Amazon nearing deal for first Chicago vertical warehouse 

Mayor Brandon Johnson with 4851 South Ashland Avenue

Chicago City Council group aims to modify mayor’s rental ordinance

Sarah Rodriguez with Cirrus Towers at 211 N Harbor Drive with and Michael Rosenblum

Lendlease and Magellan’s condo tower sees sales spike in Chicago’s Lakeshore East

Onni Group CEO Rossano De Cotiis and 931 N. Halsted Street

Chicago’s top construction permits: Week ending July 17, 2026

Honore Properties' Michael Shenouda and 70 East Lake Street

Shenouda’s Honore snags 70 East Lake for $9M with apartment conversion plans in mind

Range Group's Brett Katz, Jared Rubin and Seth Halpern with rendering of 1133 West Kinzie Street

Sterling Bay plans to offload Fulton Market site to Range Group for 109-unit mid-rise project 

Deer Park managing principal David Stein and 1350 Touhy Plaza 

Is the suburban Chicago office exodus ending? Vacancy rates edge lower

200 North Dearborn Street and Santo Rizzo of RE/MAX

Deconversion at 200 North Dearborn turns heated as Yitzy Klor threatens legal action 

Hawthorne president Tim Carey and the Hawthorne race course

Hawthorne Race Course likely to shutter after bankruptcy auction

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