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 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 ...

By Don DeBat Sep. 10, 2023 – Chicago apartment dwellers likely will see hefty rent increases in early 2024, according to a new national forecast. For the first time in 20 years, Chicago’s apartment ...

Who’s big and who’s small? It’s all in your perception with the Beuchet Chair illusion at Museum of Illusions. Photos provided by Museum of Illusions except where noted. (Click on images to view ...

Demonstrators appeared on State Street at about 3 p.m., walking north after heading south on Michigan Avenue from the Water Tower to Wacker Drive. The rally started at about noon and was over by 5 p.m ...

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 ...

The ordinance also encourages apartment renters who exercise their right-of-first-refusal to form tenant organizations and work together to place a five percent down payment and buy buildings. The ...

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 ...