

Chicago Home Buyers May Have to Wait Years for 5 Percent Rates
By Don DeBat Chicago home buyers may have to look at the housing market through long-range binoculars if they hope to see affordable...
Don DeBat
Mar 4


Backlash Not Easing With Plan Commission Approval of Revised High-rise in Old Town
(Above) Rendering by GREC Architects of Old Town Canvas, including a Walgreens store at lower left. (Click on image to view larger...
Don DeBat
Feb 27


$14 Million Approved for Rebirth of Cabrini-Green
(Above) Rendering by Pappageorge Haymes Partners of 57 West Oak Street. (Click on image to view larger version.) The Chicago City...
Don DeBat
Feb 22


Cabrini-Green Rebirth Planned on Edge of Gold Coast
(Above) 534 West Division Street in the Cabrini-Green housing project, photographed in 1998 by Camilo J. Vergara (Library of Congress)....
Don DeBat
Feb 14


Approval of Residential High-Rise Met with Old Town Backlash
(Above) Area in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood in which a revised “Old Town Canvas” is planned. (Click on image to view larger version.)...
Don DeBat
Feb 12