Reid Murdoch Building has completed a second phase of renovation, this time adding a tenant lounge and fitness center, while balancing modernization with retaining the authenticity of the Chicago ...

Developments are on the horizon for 360 Chicago at John Hancock Center, featuring a multi-story observation deck and event ...

(Above) Rendering by HKS Architects of revised Bally’s casino and hotel being constructed along the Chicago River across from River North. By Don DeBat Mar. 16, 2025 – Professional gamblers are ...

(Above) “5,000 bucks. It’s all there, pal,” says John Belushi (left) as Joliet Jake Blues to Steven Spielberg, as a clerk in the Cook County Assessor’s office, in the 1980 film, The Blues Brothers.

Vintage Risk won six championships at Horner Park and Trebes Park in 2014, 2015, and 2016 – a rare six-peat run not accomplished by many Chicago 16-inch softball teams. Teammates held their victory ...

By Don DeBat Jan. 29, 2025 – Chill Arctic winds may be blowing in Chicago in January, but Chicago’s North Side housing market posted a hot and vibrant fourth quarter in 2024. Despite the ongoing ...

(Above) Millville, a vacation rental property in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee. Photo provided by House + Sanctuary. Click on images to view larger versions. By Pamela Dittmer McKuen Sep. 8, 2021 – Back in ...

By Don DeBat Oct. 2, 2024 – The downward slide toward the 5 percent interest rate bracket continues, sparking renewed interest by Chicago home buyers who hope to lock in an affordable mortgage this ...

By the end of 2021, the downtown occupancy rate rebounded to 94.7 percent, reported Integra, which forecasted five percent rent hikes downtown in 2022. For renters who can’t afford luxury apartments ...

By Don DeBat Jul. 9, 2024 – Tens of thousands of Chicago homeowners recently received some bad news in the mail – the second installment of their 2023 real estate tax bills from Cook County Treasurer ...

(Above) Dining/Great Room of an Airbnb in Old Town. Interior photos by Andrew Charles Miller. (Click on images to view larger versions.) By Don DeBat Jun. 4, 2025 – Managers and hosts of short-term ...

By Don DeBat Apr. 14, 2025 – With little relief coming from Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi, tax-battered property owners in Chicago and the suburbs are turning to the Cook County Board of Review ...