Chicago Illinois Real Estate Blog

Trucking giant Schneider National Inc. has leased 17 acres for truck and trailer parking along with a 15,000-square-foot repair facility on the Southwest Side.
Schneider agreed to a 10-year lease for the property at 3600 S. Kostner Ave., just east of the Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero.
The Green Bay, Wis.-based company, one of the nation’s biggest [...]

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Fatburger poised for stores in Orland Park, Beverly
The first Chicago-area Fatburger is slated to open next month in southwest suburban Orland Park. The 2,353-square-foot restaurant will be at 15110 S. La Grange Road. Hip-hop artist Kanye West’s KW Foods LLC has rights to develop 10 Fatburgers in the Chicago area and plans to open one [...]

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A venture that includes the owners of a frozen food company has won the right to buy a 4.8-acre development site near Bubbly Creek in Bridgeport after a Bankruptcy Court auction failed to attract another bid.
Chicago-based Construction Import Solutions LLC agreed to pay a hefty $1 million for the option to buy the vacant parcel [...]

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A high-profile team of residential brokers is jumping from Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate to rival Jameson Realty Group as part of deal by Jameson founders Charles and Harry Huzenis to sell a stake in their North Side firm, sources close to the situation say.
Christopher Feurer and Michael Sato, top producers in Koenig’s Lincoln [...]

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Jennifer Lister served her time. As a kid, she helped mow and rake her parents’ lawn in Wilmette. So when she and her husband, Eric Masters, who grew up with similar chores, bought a home in 2006 where they could raise their children, now ages 1 and 4, they chose a townhouse, sans yard, at [...]

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Firm chosen for new hotel’s eateries
An Atlanta-based restaurant company has been hired to develop and run the restaurants in theWit, including a rooftop eatery atop the 27-story hotel under construction at State and Lake streets. Concentrics Restaurants also will develop a first-floor traditional, American-style restaurant and a second-floor Italian restaurant, according to a press release. [...]

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Starbucks Corp. is closing 18 Chicago-area stores as part of its plan to shutter about 600 of its coffee shops nationwide.
The local closings include five stores in the city: two on the North Side, two on the South Side and one on the West Side, according to a list obtained by Crain’s.
A Starbucks spokesman says [...]

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The 9th Annual Arlington Heights Irish Fest is this weekend, Friday July 18th 6-11pm and Saturday July 19 4-11pm. With Irish dancing, best legs in a kilt contest, face painting, Irish food and drink, Irish music, and balloon creations there is something for all ages.
The fest is held at the Arlington Heights Historical Museum grounds [...]

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Homeowners who are having trouble with their mortgages seem to get the same advice wherever they turn: at the first sign of trouble, call your lenders and see if you can work out a payment plan. But that means figuring out who owns your mortgage — which is not as easy as it looks.
I have [...]

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The Cavalcade of Homes runs Saturday through July 20.
Where: The Stewart Ridge subdivision on Heggs Road, one mile west of U.S. Highway 30 and one-quarter mile south of 119th Street in Plainfield.
Hours: It’s open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday through Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. [...]

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