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Waterton, one of Chicago’s largest multifamily investors, raised $920 million for its latest and largest value-add fund. Waterton will invest more than $2.5 billion through the fund — counting...

Last Tuesday, in between tweets about James Comey, his poll numbers and California, President Trump was at one of his favorite pastimes again: complaining about the U.S. trade deficit. “Russia and China are playing...

On Tuesday, the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds hit 3 percent for the first time since January 2014,...

Sinai Health System is teaming up with the Habitat Company and Cinespace Film Studios to build a 384-unit rental complex near Mount Sinai Hospital. The Ogden Commons project would...

Boston Properties paid $616 million for the ground lease at the Santa Monica Business Park, the massive office campus...

A Chicago-based developer wants to build a 47-unit apartment building in Echo Park, picking up where the previous owner...

JDL Development’s 9 West Walton dominated the top residential sales of the first quarter, with three closings among the 10 most expensive in the city. While none compared to...

CoStar Group, which brought its vast financial resources to bear in bringing the guillotine down on arch-rival Xceligent, now...

WeWork is planning to make its debut sale on the bond market with a $500 million selloff of junk bonds. The Adam Neumann-led co-working company will be issuing seven-year senior unsecured bonds to raise...

A Chicago-based company is providing real estate investors with a somewhat retro way to raise capital — emailing really rich people. Capitalizing on changes in securities regulations around raising cash, Origin Investments is using...

M&F Development wants to convert a nearly century-old vacant factory on the western edge of Lincoln Park into offices and residential units. But before it can do that, the...

Franklin Partners bought the former OfficeMax headquarters in Naperville, with plans to revamp the 350,000-square-foot property and lease it in smaller pieces. The suburban developer plans to revamp and...

Beal Properties bought a 117-unit condominium building in Lakeview in the city’s latest big deconversion. The building at 445 West Wellington Avenue was acquired for $30 million, according to...

A provision in the new tax law that was designed to help spur economic development in low-income neighborhoods could...