Chicago
The construction giants catching a Windy City windfall
Two of Chicago’s leading developers and contractors teamed up in late April to break ground on one of the...
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Elion unwraps plan for 30M sf industrial mini-city outside of Chicago
Elion Partners plans a sprawling industrial complex with up to 30 million square feet of warehouses along with a...
Chicago
Truss opening up online commercial leasing platform to other brokers nationwide
Truss is letting competing brokerages use its online platform for small-office leasing. The Chicago-based company is launching Truss CRE,...
Chicago
Chicago activist lambasted greedy developers for years. What happens now that he’s in charge?
About three dozen Chicago real estate bigwigs and other business leaders gathered at the Soho House in Fulton Market last month to talk about...
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Leasing surge leads JLL to Q1 earnings boost, despite lagging investment sales
Break-neck leasing activity in the Americas helped JLL reach a sizable boost in earnings during the first quarter, making...
Chicago
“Socialist caucus” in Chicago City Council could put new force behind affordable housing push
Three days after a group of self-described Democratic Socialists declared victory in their respective races for alderman, plenty of questions remain about the looming...
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Opportunity Zones venture looking to raise $1B for projects in “America’s Heartland”
A pair of Chicago development firms are teaming up on a new Opportunity Zones venture, hoping to fund and...
Chicago
“No man’s land”: How Trump Tower became Chicago retail’s biggest failure
About a year before the 2005 groundbreaking for Trump International Hotel & Tower, Trump Organization executive Charles Reiss met...
Chicago
Co-living developer targets another Chicago ‘X Social Communities’ location amid national expansion
Property Markets Group is drawing up plans to open another Chicago rental complex under its “X Social Communities” brand, expanding a small but growing...
Chicago
Debate over Chicago megaproject shines light on developer’s lack of diversity in
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About 10 minutes into a three-hour City Council zoning committee hearing on Sterling Bay’s plan for Lincoln Yards, senior counsel Shelly Burke took to...
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