The Gary Common Council unanimously adopted an updated zoning map this week that creates new commercial and residential districts and ties the map to a unified development ordinance, prompting neighborhood pushback over heavy‑industry designations.

Site Selection placed Kane County at No. 17 for corporate expansion projects, a ranking county officials say reflects recent manufacturing, logistics and data‑center wins.

UrbanStreet wants to turn the former Motorola atrium in Schaumburg into about 300 apartments, adding retail, a hotel and parking as part of the District at Veridian.

ONE333, a 305‑unit South Loop tower at 1333 S Wabash, is on the market with CBRE leading the offering amid renewed investor demand.

mHub is reportedly plotting a West Side campus that could outsize The 78, a move that would shift where Chicago locates manufacturing jobs and labs. The plan raises questions about land, financing and neighborhood impacts.

A 70,000‑square‑foot Pete’s Fresh Market and mixed‑use plan for the former Stateway Gardens site will go before the Chicago Plan Commission on Aug. 20, 2026.

U.S. Bank is selling a foreclosed Tribune Tower condo once owned by Sameer Suhail, who faces federal charges tied to a multimillion‑dollar Loretto Hospital scheme.

Northern Builders and Affinius Capital closed a long-term lease for a 1.2M-sf Cherry Hill facility in Joliet, with about 400K sf of convertible freezer-cooler planned.

A full‑floor penthouse at 189 East Lake Shore Drive closed for $5.2M — about $5M below its 2015 price after roof rights and some parking changed hands.

Prime Finance paid $59M for the 190‑unit MDA Apartments at 63 East Lake, ending a foreclosure and receivership that had shadowed the building for two years.

A Chicago developer has purchased 226 W. Ontario in River North and plans an office‑to‑residential conversion that would add two stories. The sale is part of a broader wave of conversions in the neighborhood.

A Pulte Homes concept to raze Meadow Plaza for three six‑story condo towers drew a packed Village Board meeting and a petition with thousands of signatures. Locals worry about traffic, schools and the fate of small businesses.

A local collective will build two four-story mixed-use buildings at 63rd and Ashland, adding 36 apartments and ground-floor retail to long-vacant lots.