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Court rules condo board breached fiduciary duty by not telling owners of rule change

In 2017, Pat Cohen lost a condo board election by one vote because a unit owner had not been told of new rules regarding units owned through a land trust. In 2019, she lost to a candidate who died on election day.

Legal betting big on Chicago appetites for New England seafood

With a month left before Legal Sea Foods opens its first restaurant in Chicago, construction is winding down on both levels of its space at Marina City.

North Side home sales still on a roller coaster ride

Resale home sales on Chicago’s North Side continued upward in May, while mortgage interest rates hovered near 7 percent.

78-foot-deep Spire ‘relic’ to be filled in by August

The 78-foot-deep cofferdam, drained of water and now enclosing the below-ground portion of 400 Lake Shore, will be filled in by August of this year, according to the developer of the 72-story residential tower under construction along the Chicago River.

Chicago’s first-time home buyers stuck in apartment jail

Would-be first-time home buyers are in a vice grip between ever higher apartment rents and mortgage interest rate creep.

35 East Wacker sold

Two Chicago-based real estate development and investment firms, The Prime Group and CRG, say their joint venture will ‘rejuvenate and preserve’ the landmarked building.

What do you do when the boss doesn’t get it?

We’ve all been there, working for someone who seems particularly clueless. But you’re not helpless. A user’s guide to managing your incompetent manager.

North Side home sales bounce up in April

Like a fresh breath of spring, home sales on Chicago’s North Side rebounded in April, spinning out of a three-month nosedive.

Piper’s Alley fight over rezoning that could allow more towers in Old Town

Residents of Old Town had enough concerns about one 44-story apartment tower proposed for a vacant parking lot on North LaSalle Street. Now it’s beginning to look like two more towers are planned.

River North resident on fourth attempt to unseat Quigley in Illinois 5th District

Seemingly undeterred, and unabashedly pro-Trump, a River North condominium unit owner is on his fourth attempt to defeat Illinois 5th District Congressman Mike Quigley.