Chase Tower has sat mostly empty since Chase left in 2021. Owners and a local developer say a mixed‑use conversion is planned, but approvals, financing and tenants mean the timeline will stretch for years.

May sales in the San Antonio area climbed nearly 5% year-over-year as inventory grew; the median price eased to about $306,000 while homes spent longer on market.

Freedom Village opened in Alphabet City with 74 deeply affordable, fully accessible apartments for survivors and older adults. The $54M project includes on-site services and a rooftop garden.

Construction starts June 15 on a new 12,000‑sq‑ft Pescadero fire station at 340 Butano Cutoff with a solar microgrid. The Measure K‑funded build replaces a flood‑prone 1957 facility.

Hotel Solaya and The 233 Suites bring JdV and Unscripted by Hyatt to Arizona this spring, adding new lifestyle and extended‑stay options in Scottsdale and Mesa.

Suburban Accessories will open a 121,000‑sq‑ft distribution center in Franklin, Ohio, expanding its Southwest Ohio footprint with an October 2026 target.

The state launched its first Mass Timber Coalition to turn restoration wood into building panels and spur in‑state manufacturing and jobs.

Near‑century‑old Waukegan Steel plans to lease 118,500 sq ft in Pleasant Prairie’s LakeView Corporate Park, moving key fabrication work across state lines.

Scaffolding and traffic changes remain at Lafayette and O'Keefe as crews continue stabilizing Turners' Hall more than a year after a partial collapse. Nearby businesses say recovery is slow.

Bluenest has filed plans for 219 townhomes on about 20.3 acres in Homestead; city planners will review rezoning and site plans as the developer moves forward.

A 1928 Highland Park mansion at 4225 Beverly Drive sold after a short May listing; buyer is tied to a Briggs Freeman agent and the final price is undisclosed.

Pittsburgh’s NAI Burns Scalo acquired Fort Myers brokerage Commercial Property Southwest Florida and is positioning its construction and capital teams to develop along the Tampa–Fort Myers corridor.

Richard “Richie” Stein, the developer behind McCormick Place expansions and major Loop towers, died last weekend at 87. His projects helped reshape Chicago’s downtown.