Crain's Chicago Business

Chicago Misses Deadline for $153 Million Transit Grant

The city of Chicago has missed a deadline to approve a pending parking fee ordinance that would have helped the city qualify for $153 million in federal grant money.
12 January 2009 - 8:00am
Crain's Chicago Business

Plans For Eco-Mart Get Green Light

Developers in Chicago are hoping to reuse an old lamp factory building by transforming it into a green merchandise mart.
22 November 2006 - 11:00am
Crain's Chicago Business

Limiting Chicago's Downtown Condo Conversion

A record-setting amount of apartments in Chicago were converted into condominiums in 2005, and Mayor Richard Daley has formed a task force to limit the trend which is rapidly diminishing affordable housing in the city.
25 October 2006 - 5:00am
Crain's Chicago Business

South Chicago Neighborhood Is New Hot Property

After over a century of being cut off from Lake Michigan, the southeast side is gearing up for the newest, largest development project in years in the sleepy, working-class neighborhood of South Chicago.
8 August 2006 - 12:13pm
Crain's Chicago Business

A War On Parking

A zoning rewrite will impose tougher restrictions on downtown parking in Chicago.
26 August 2003 - 8:00am
Crain's Chicago Business

New Chicago Dorm Elevates Student Housing

Residence hall blends modernity, ammenities, site appropriateness at the Illinois Institute of Technology
23 July 2003 - 1:00pm
Crain's Chicago Business

The Fallacy Of Inclusionary Zoning

If affordable housing is the goal, get rid of inclusionary zoning requirements.
1 October 2002 - 6:00am
Crain's Chicago Business

Do Industrial TIF Districts Work?

Nearly 3% of Chicago's land is designated as tax-increment financing (TIF) districts. Now, four years later, has it worked?
27 July 2002 - 9:00am
Crain's Chicago Business

Chicago Releases 20-Year Plan

Chicago reveals the first draft of their plan for Chicago's core -- the city is to become the greenest city in the U.S.
3 July 2002 - 2:00pm
Crain's Chicago Business

Your New Home In A 40-story High Rise

A Chicago marketing executive plans to build 80 residential "homes" in a 40-story high rise -- doggie corridors and all.
2 July 2002 - 12:00pm
Crain's Chicago Business

Affordable Housing 'Boom' In Illinois

Michael Suhadolnik fills a void by building low-cost, energy effiencient housing with New Urbanism style.
7 May 2002 - 2:00pm
Crain's Chicago Business

Chicago Backs A Landmark District

Despite protests from building owners, the Chicago City Council designated a portion of South Michigan Avenue a landmark district.
1 March 2002 - 7:00am
Crain's Chicago Business

Ilegal School Impact Fees

A lawsuit alleges that McHenry County, Illinois imposed illegal school impact fees on homebuilders for over ten years.
5 January 2002 - 8:00am
Crain's Chicago Business

Transit-based Development Is Good For Economic Development

A Palatine, Illinois developer finds that the transit based development model can be easily replicated along the Metra tracks.
24 December 2001 - 8:00am
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