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10/22/2020 Betting on distress: Bulk condo website launches, aimed at investors—The Real Deal

Miami-based Condo.com founder Richard Swerdlow and South Florida developer Bruce Goldstein are partnering to launch an online platform for bulk condo deals, The Real Deal has learned.
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10/19/2020 United Steelworkers shine ‘Biden-Harris’ projection on Trump Tower—Chicago Sun-Times

Members of the United Steelworkers union brought their traveling “bat light” to Chicago overnight Friday to project their endorsement of Joe Biden onto Trump Tower.
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10/19/2020 Engineering firm must face suit over condo property report—Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

A Schaumburg condo association can continue with its negligent-misrepresentation lawsuit against an engineering firm, a state appeals panel ruled last month.
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10/19/2020 A $500 fine for not wearing a mask? It's on the table at this condo tower.—Crain's Chicago Business

As Chicago continues to report an uptick in COVID-19 cases, one downtown condominium building is considering requiring face coverings in common areas.
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10/16/2020 Pricing premium sagging for Trump-branded condos in Chicago, other locales—Chicago Agent Magazine

The Trump name no longer commands the same price premium once attached to the brand’s properties in Chicago and other locations as the presidential election approaches.
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10/15/2020 Morton Grove police: Three charged with stealing packages from condo buildings—Chicago Tribune

Quocviet J. Ton, 34, and Cristina S. Torres, 26, both of the 1600 block of Theodore, Joliet; and Jeff P. Pierchala, 50, of the 900 block of Vernon, Glencoe, were each charged with burglary on Oct. 3 after police said they stole multiple packages from a condominium complex on the 8400 block of Callie Avenue.
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10/15/2020 ChicagoCondoFinder.com Adds Ted Widen and Mark Kaplan to Team—Patch.com

ChicagoCondoFinder.com, one of the leading resources to find homes and condos for sale as well as rental and investment properties in Chicago, under the leadership of real estate broker Helaine Cohen, of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago, is pleased to announce the addition of Ted Widen, founder of ChicagoScene.com, and Mark Kaplan of Marc Construction and Development to the ChicagoCondoFinder team.
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10/12/2020 Chicago leads nation in adaptive-reuse housing development—Loop North News

Chicago, the city of big shoulders, has done a remarkable job of preserving many of its vintage buildings and utilizing a concept called adaptive reuse to recycle the properties for residential use.
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10/12/2020 HUD's New Final Rule on Disparate Impact Provides Clarity and Greater Defenses for Housing Providers—Lexology

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released its final rule addressing the legal requirements for disparate impact cases brought under the Fair Housing Act (Final Rule).
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10/12/2020 35-story tower proposed for Near North Side would feature 75 luxury condos—Chicago Sun-Times

The City Council on Wednesday received a proposal from a New York investment firm to build a 35-story condominium building at 40 W. Oak St. targeted to wealthy buyers.
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10/9/2020 For $10 Million, an Entire Floor of the Old Playboy Building—Chicago Magazine

The Palmolive Building (159 E. Walton St.) has been associated with a lot of big names in its near century of existence.
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10/9/2020 West Loop luxury condo building helps raise funds for local bark park—RE Journals

1400 Monroe, the 42-unit, seven-story luxury condominium that JK Equities is building in Chicago’s West Loop, recently sponsored a fundraiser for an adjacent pet-friendly park.
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10/9/2020 Near West Side 3-bedroom penthouse duplex: $2.3M—Chicago Tribune

With daylight streaming in from 20 feet of windows stretching two stories high, this three-bedroom duplex condo has 3½ bathrooms and 3,500 square feet of space.
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10/6/2020 Habitat Will Manage Gold Coast’s Eliot House—ConnectCRE

The Habitat Company has been awarded property management of Eliot House, a 324-unit high-rise condominium building in downtown’s Gold Coast neighborhood.
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10/6/2020 Former bachelor pad of columnist Mike Royko sells in Lakeview for $900,000—Chicago Now

The 15-room vintage condominium in Lakeview that the late Tribune columnist Mike Royko owned in the early and mid-1980s sold for $900,000.
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9/28/2020 123 Remodeling Earns Better Business Bureau Accreditation—Digital Journal

Becoming an Accredited Business with the Better Business Bureau is an honor not accorded to all businesses; because not all companies meet eligibility standards.
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9/25/2020 Condo Act didn’t supersede fiduciary-duty claims—Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Maureen Jordan refused to accept the appraisal remedy provided by Section 15 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act when she was forced to sell her condo unit in a bulk sale transaction that was allegedly the product of self-dealing.
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9/25/2020 This Week's Chicago Deal Sheet—Bisnow

The pandemic chilled significant portions of the investment market, but Lendlease has found investors are ready to put money into new multifamily assets.
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9/21/2020 Commercial Closures Are Causing a Ripple Effect Impacting the Residential Sector—Mansion Global

When the coronavirus pandemic seized the U.S., Allen Morris had a plan for Maitland City Centre, a 220-apartment community with a 35,000-square-foot commercial space that claims a whole city block in Maitland, near Orlando, Florida.
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9/18/2020 Hybrid Multifamily Buildings Provide Something Special For Condo Owners, Developers—Forbes

Multifamily buildings that pair luxury rental apartments with condominiums in the same properties are delivering more bang for the buck to both condo owners and developers.
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