North Chicago and the U.S. Navy launched demolition and remediation at Halsey Village, targeting 351 vacant homes across about 90 acres to prepare the site for mixed‑use redevelopment.

CoStar reports Amazon has a deal to buy 1237 W. Division, Chicago's five‑story vertical warehouse — a high‑profile infill project that has been largely vacant since delivery.

A vintage 17‑story office tower at 70 E. Lake Street has been sold and is set to be converted into apartments, adding to downtown Chicago's wave of office‑to‑residential reuse.

Evanston's council advanced a five‑story, 30‑unit development at 1103–1105 Emerson despite objections from century‑old Ebenezer A.M.E. Church; city conditions were added. Neighbors remain unconvinced.

A developer is pitching a data center on part of a 31.4‑acre South Elgin farm owned by former county board member Mike Kenyon, raising questions about water, noise and tax revenue.

An Irvine preservation fund bought Carroll Tower, a 108‑unit senior affordable community in St. Charles, and pledged capital repairs plus a 20‑year affordability extension.

Cushman & Wakefield reports Chicago logged 21.8M SF of industrial leases through mid‑2026, driven by big‑box deals and steady rent growth. Vacancy remained around 4.8%.

Freddie Mac’s weekly survey shows the 30‑year fixed mortgage averaged 6.55% this week — the highest reading in nearly a year — as bond yields and oil prices push borrowing costs up.

Range Group filed plans for a five‑story, 109‑unit brick apartment at 1133 W. Kinzie St., a mid‑rise addition to Fulton Market’s growing housing pipeline. The project joins other recent residential moves in the corridor.

QTS revived plans to add a three‑story building at the former Sun‑Times site in McKinley Park, but a voided city permit has paused the project amid environmental and neighborhood concerns.

Ta Chen International paid $87M to buy the Pleasant Prairie warehouse it had long leased, converting a tenant into an owner at LakeView Corporate Park.

A plan to turn a long‑vacant Downers Grove office into 184 apartments is headed to the village council, drawing neighborhood pushback over traffic and schools.

A Naperville estate at 28W660 Perkins Court closed for $8.3M on July 10, setting city and county records and underscoring a rare eight‑figure suburban sale.