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For South Loop agent, glitch means parking tix
06/22/2009 3:00 PM
A South Loop real estate agent with a low, low license plate number has received 77 tickets for various parking violations this year because of a glitch.
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• No changes in host city contract for Chicago
06/22/2009 9:54 AM
• Dorm, Rockwell, Congress projects get the go-ahead
06/19/2009 10:13 AM
• Meet Sloopy
06/18/2009 8:55 AM
The developers backing 1600 Museum Park, shown here shrouded by fog on
a recent rainy afternoon, are suing would-be buyers who did not close
on units in the building and at 1400 Museum Park.
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MICAH MAIDENBERG/Staff
Old phase, new phase
New commitments on the table from East Lake
06/17/2009 10:00 PM
The powerful developer contracted with remaking Rockwell Gardens, a Near West Side public housing complex, offered a series of commitments Tuesday about the next phase of the redevelopment's design and operations. (No Comments) Read more...
Going after the earnest money
Buyers who didn't close are losing what they put down
06/17/2009 10:00 PM
In September 2005, Mark Buonincontro put down $45,450 in earnest money for condominium unit 1904 and a garage space at 1347 S. Michigan, a building marketed as 1400 Museum Park and part of the sprawling Central Station development. (No Comments) Read more...
Big items at land-use body
Chicago Plan Commission set to hear controversial items
06/17/2009 10:00 PM
A hotel enmeshed in the country's longest-running strike wanting to expand. A developer seeking to build a massive new student dormitory when the economy gets better. A powerful firm needing permission to roll a series of zoning changes
into a "planned development" for the next phase of a public housing
transformation project.
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An Olympic stadium's lasting legacy
What's the impact of the proposed Olympic stadium?
06/17/2009 10:00 PM
Both men love baseball. Both men love Washington Park. They work tirelessly in the community, using their favorite sport as a means to keep the youth of the neighborhood off the streets and out of trouble. (No Comments) Read more...
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