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 ...

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 ...

(Above) View of North Side of Chicago from John Hancock Center. By Don DeBat Jul. 24, 2023 – Squeezed by sharply higher mortgage interest rates and a shortage of home listings, Chicago’s North Side ...

(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.

By Don DeBat May 18, 2025 – A donnybrook is developing between landlords and tenants in Chicago’s highly competitive North Side apartment rental market. Some Chicago apartment renters are grumbling ...

(Above) David Byrne in 2018 (Wikimedia Commons). By Steven Dahlman Mar. 3, 2025 – An immersive theatrical experience that aspires to challenge perceptions and “reveal the brain’s inner mysteries” will ...

By Don DeBat Jan. 29, 2025 – Chill Arctic winds may be blowing in Chicago in January, but Chicago’s North Side housing market posted a hot and vibrant fourth quarter in 2024. Despite the ongoing ...

A 2020 survey of 9,135 Lane Tech alumni, faculty, students, parents, and community members found that 52.5 percent wanted the Indian name and symbol to be discontinued, while 47.5 percent staunchly ...

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 ...

Let me tell you the story of my visit to Jonesborough, Tennessee. Jonesborough Town Tour I had only a day to see, do, and learn as much as I could, so I signed up for a guided tour at the Chester Inn ...