Illustration: Iris Gan LoopFrom $300,000 to $1.5 million Reshaping the SummitDeveloper makes over the top eight stories of 34-year-old “pinstriped” tower A 49-story Loop office tower is getting a face-lift. Actually, it might be better characterized as a forehead lift, since the changes will affect only the top eight stories of 55 E. Monroe, where … Read more
Charles Walgreen’s estate features a “fairy tale” house designed by Stanley Anderson and a five-acre lot with a prairie, a pond, and a tiny Wrigley Field.
With Illinois’ General Assembly at an impasse over a new budget, it’s desperation time for funding mass transit. Now a key state legislator has proposed a transit finance plan that includes a steep increase in the tax paid by Chicagoans selling real estate. The increase would tack on an additional $3 tax (per $1,000 in … Read more
One hundred thirty thousand visitors are expected to pass through the Adler Planetarium this summer, many lured by Shoot for the Moon, the permanent exhibit opening July 8th showcasing the capsule from the Gemini 12 mission crewed by the now Lake Forest restaurateur James Lovell (a.k.a. Tom Hanks in Apollo 13) and Buzz Aldrin. Here’s the scoop on an iconic Chicago building, which was named for Max Adler, a Sears, Roebuck executive who donated the money to build the museum.
New development could help lure high-end restaurants to center of western suburb
After a big price cut, a Georgian mansion—designed by David Adler for a daughter of John G. Shedd—gets the third owner in its 75-year history
As one of the city’s most successful agents of high-end house and condo sales, Janet Owen knows the art of the real-estate deal.
Stone Gate preserves green space near revitalized suburb’s bustling downtown
In March, a firm that has built some of Lincoln Park’s biggest homes posted a new high-water mark: a contract to build a $16-million house of up to 25,000 square feet on three lots on the 1800 block of Howe Street. BGD&C corporation, the custom designer/builder, did not return calls asking for details, but on … Read more
Revival of South Side neighborhood eclipses memories of El Rukns’ heyday
