Chicago

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Little-known foreign entity and lender locked in $25M foreclosure of O’Hare hotels

2628, 2634, 2636 South Wells Street in Chicago

Residential

Jiazhao “Frankie” Chen roped into another foreclosure suit as Chicago loan defaults near $100M

mHUB's Haven Allen and 240 North Ashland Avenue

mHub eyes more than $1B industrial expansion in Kinzie Corridor

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

Nevin Hedlund Architects' Nevin Hedlund and 655 West Irving Park Road

$27M Lakeview co-op building renovation tops Chicago’s construction permits: Week ending July 23, 2026 

Adrian Aucoin and 423 North Bruner Street

Former Blackhawk Adrian Aucoin lists Hinsdale home for $6 million

UrbanStreet managing partner Bob Burk with 1301 East Algonquin Road Schaumburg

UrbanStreet targets former Motorola office for residential conversion

Habitat president Matt Fiascone and 1333 South Wabash Avenue

Habitat lists One333 apartment high-rise near The 78 amid rent surge

Optima’s David Hovey Jr. and 721–739 Green Bay Road in Wilmette

New Optima condo sales in Wilmette angling for North Shore sales records

Lauren Walz of Coldwell Banker Realty and 404 Fox Trail Lane

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

Sameer Suhail with 435 North Michigan Avenue

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

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

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

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

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

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 

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