The owner of the 261‑room Royal Sonesta Chicago River North has put the hotel at 505 N. State Street on the market, a high‑profile listing for downtown Chicago. Investors will watch the sale as a test of demand for large urban hotels.

A landmarks hearing could protect the Art Deco 2 N. Riverside and make a planned $70M rehab eligible for a Class L tax incentive.

A lender sued the owner of the retail condo at 36 S. State St. for about $18 million on April 1, 2026 — a case that could affect prominent Loop storefronts.

Chicago is committing more than $300M to 15 projects that will create or preserve 1,223 rental homes, including hundreds set aside for very low‑income households.

Longtime Logan Square renters formed a tenant union to try to buy their four‑unit building after it hit the market, testing the city's preservation pilot.

The owner of 500 Davis Street has listed the downtown Evanston office building for sale after a Fulton Market setback, adding pressure to a soft suburban office market.

Glenview's Village Board approved a plan for The Geraghty to turn 2100 Sanders Road into a single‑story events venue with gardens next to the Cook County Forest Preserve.

Braemar has put the 415‑room Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile at 20 E. Chestnut St. on the market, with management, financing and renovation plans likely to shape buyer interest.

A newly finished Orchard Street mansion in Lincoln Park — built across four combined lots — is listed for more than $15 million. The sale continues a trend of trophy builds on the North Side.

Stead 220, a 29-story Fulton Market tower with 308 apartments and retail, has finished construction; 20% of homes are designated affordable.

A long‑stalled plan at Howard and Paulina would preserve the 1921 Werner Bros. warehouse and add 80 affordable apartments plus ground‑floor retail.

A Chicago developer plans to gut Dixon’s shuttered Magnuson Hotel and reopen it as 70 market-rate apartments. Neighbors raised concerns at a Lee County zoning hearing.

Pritzker’s BUILD plan would loosen zoning, legalize ADUs and add $250M to spur 'missing‑middle' housing across Illinois. The package has already drawn pushback from suburban leaders.